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BAIF TRUSTEES
Mr. Arvind N. Mafatlal Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Mr. Bhalchandra G. Deshmukh
Chairman Vice Chairman Chairman, Executive Committee
Mr. Jagmohan L. Bajaj Smt. Rajashree A. Birla Mr. Hrishikesh A. Mafatlal Mr. Deepak C. Mehta
Dr. Sudha N. Murty Prof. Indira Parikh Mr. Pratap G. Pawar Mr. Hasmukh S. Shah
Dr. Narayan G. Hegde Mr. Ramesh Rawal Mr. Girish G. Sohani, President and Managing Trustee
Founder: Late Dr. Manibhai Desai
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Dr. N.G. Hegde
Trustee and Principal Adviser
Mr. G.G. Sohani
President and Managing Trustee
Mr. Ramesh Rawal
Executive Vice President
Mr. S.B. Karvande
Advisor and Secretary
Dr. S.B. Gokhale
Director - Research
Dr. A.B. Pande
Senior Vice President
Mr. B.K. Kakade
Vice President
Dr. D.N. Shindey
Vice President
Ms. Archana Rao
Vice President
Dr. M.S. Sharma
Adviser
Dr. P.K. Pradhan
Principal Programme Director
Dr. V.P. Sharma
Programme Director
Dr. J.N. Daniel
Programme Director
Mr. V.Y. Deshpande
Chief Programme Coordinator
Mr. S. Roy
Chief Programme Coordinator
Dr. S.M. Desai
Chief Programme Coordinator
Dr. A.K. Chaurasia
Chief Programme Coordinator
Mr. A.K. Sinha
Chief Programme Coordinator
Mr. B. Shivarudrappa
Chief Programme Coordinator
Mr. K. Mallikarjunappa
Chief Programme Coordinator
Mr. R.S. Sharma
Chief Programme Coordinator
Dr. S.B. Khadilkar
Chief Programme Coordinator
Mr. J.R. Mori
Chief Programme Coordinator
Mr. R.R. Walawalkar
Adviser - HRD
Ms. Pritam Chandak
Jt. Finance Director
Ms. Meena Gokhale
Sr. Programme Coordinator
RESEARCH COORDINATION COMMITTEE
Dr. S.B. Gokhale Dr. J.N. Daniel Dr. A.B. Pande Mr. B.K. Kakade
Patrons and Associates of BAIF: A Call for Partnership
BAIF has established the Dr. Manibhai Desai Endowment Fund for promoting
sustainable livelihood in rural India. We invite generous donors to support
this worthy cause by associating with us as our Patrons and Associates.
You can become our Patron by contributing over Rs. 25 lakhs and our Associate
by contributing over Rs. 10 lakhs.
Income Tax Exemption for Contribution to Scientific Research
BAIF has been recognised by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India
u/s 35 (1) (ii) of the IT Act, 1961 for Scientific Research.
Contributions made to BAIF for carrying out Research and Development activities,
will be eligible for exemption from Income Tax.
BAIF ANNUAL REPORT
2009 - 2010
BAIF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Dr. Manibhai Desai Nagar, Warje, Pune 411 058, India
Phone: 020-25231661 Fax: 020-25231662
E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.baif.org.in
BAIF Annual Report 2009 - 2010
Contents
1. Achievements
Livestock Development 1
Watershed Development 3
Sustainable Agriculture 5
Sericulture 5
Agri-Horti-Forestry (Wadi) for Tribal Rehabilitation 6
Cluster Development Approach 8
Environmental Conservation 10
Agri-business 11
Vikas Arth 11
Women Empowerment 12
Community Health 14
Collaboration with Corporate Houses for Sustainable Development 16
Capacity Building 18
BAIF Central Research Station 20
Research Highlights 22
BAIF’s Innovative Approaches to Address the Needs 23
Visitors 25
BAIF’s contribution to Millennium Development Goals and Mitigating Global Warming 27
2. Progress of Associate Organisations
Maharashtra Institue of Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (MITTRA) 28
Gujarat Rural Institute for Socio-Economic Reconstruction, Vadodara (GRISERV) 31
DHRUVA 32
BAIF Institue for Rural Development - Karnataka (BIRD-K) 33
BAIF Institute for Rural Development, Andhra Pradesh (BIRD-AP) 35
Rajasthan Rural Institute of Development Management (RRIDMA) 37
Society for Promotion of Eco-Friendly Sustainable Development (SPESD) 38
BAIF Institute for Rural Development - Uttar Pradesh (BIRD-UP) 39
BAIF Institute for Rural Development - Uttarakhand 40
BAIF Institute for Rural Development - Bihar (BIRD-Bihar) 41
BAIF Institute for Rural Vocations and Advancement (BIRVA) 43
Preface
We are pleased to present the Progress Report for 2009-2010. The multidisciplinary programme
which was being implemented in 12 states has now extended to Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Tripura.
With this expansion, BAIF has now reached out to 4.4 million families in over 69,000 villages in 15
states across the country.
The dairy husbandry programme launched as an entry point activity has been recognised as a
sustainable programme for strengthening the livelihood prospects of poor families. The turning
point in this programme took place with the new service model launched to deliver Artificial
Insemination services and other critical inputs to poor families for increasing the productivity of
their dairy animals and their incomes. Installation of bulk coolers and transparent pricing of milk
based on the quality to enable the farmers to obtain a higher price realisation has been another
step towards developing an efficient dairy value chain.
Watershed Development programme could help farmers to enhance their cropping intensity by
15-20% and crop production by 25-35%, while facilitating assured supply of safe drinking water
all round the year.
The wadi programme for rehabilitation of tribals demonstrated the feasibility of providing
sustainable livelihood while restoring the ecosystem and ensuring food security across the country.
BAIF's approach to ensure conservation of natural resources and protection of the environment
while implementing all the development programmes has contributed to sustainable rural
development.
These efforts continue with BAIF exploring newer interventions and approaches in more diverse
areas to meet the emerging challenges that face our country and the global community.
Trustees, BAIF
September 2010
BAIF Annual Report 2009 - 2010
OUR DONORS
Government Agencies: Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Tribal Affairs,
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Finance, NABARD, Ministry of Science and Technology,
Ministry of Environment and Forests, National Dairy Development Board, Maharashtra Livestock
Development Board, Akola, State Governments of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab,
Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa, Jharkhand,
Chhattisgarh and Tripura
International Agencies: Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Embassy
of France, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe - German Agro Action, Food and Agriculture Organisation, Union
Des cooperative D'Elevage (UCEAR), JOP Group, Brazil, Association Franco-Indienne Rurale (AFIR), Digital
Green, Fidelity Charitable Services, Dan Church Aid, Aga Khan Foundation
Scientific and Academic Organisations: Indian Council of Agricultural Research, INRA, France, International
Crops Research Institute for Semi-arid Tropics, UK Department for International Development, Research
into Use Programme, International Water Management Institute, South Asia Pro-Poor Livestock Policy
Programme for India, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Erasmus University, Rotterdam,
University of Queensland, Australia, Lead India
Philanthropic Organisations: J.R.D. Tata Trust, Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, Sir Ratan Tata Trust, Jamshedji Tata
Trust, Tata Education Trust, Supraja Foundation, The Infosys Foundation, Pirojsha Godrej Foundation,
MGCC Area Development Research Foundation, Deshpande Foundation, Karuna Foundation, Rajiv Gandhi
Foundation, Programme for Appropriate Technologies in Health (Path) India, Syngenta Foundation, Give2
Asia, Bhavishaya Alliance, Rotary Foundation and Rotary Clubs of Nigdi, Pune and Longueuil Rive Sud,
Canada, Gujarat Foundation for Mental Health, Basic Needs India, Madhya Pradesh Society for Rural
livelihood Promotion, GTZ, Green Foundation
Corporates: ITC Ltd., Rourkela Steel Plant, Coca Cola India Pvt. Ltd., Reliance Industries Ltd., Hindustan
UniLever Limited, Jindal South West Ltd., Navin Fluorine International Ltd., Gokak Forbes Ltd., ONGC,
Uran, Tata Power Co. Ltd., Ballarpur Industries Ltd., Dynamix Dairy, Mafatlal Industries Ltd., DSM Neev,
Mehsana District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union Ltd. (Dudhsagar Dairy, Mehsana), Valsad District
Cooperative Milk Producers' Union Ltd. (Vasudhara Dairy, Chikhli), General Mills Foundation, Deepak
Novochem Technologies Ltd., Monsanto Company, CO2 Balance Ltd., Ultratech Cement Co. Ltd., Solaris
Chemical Ltd., Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
Patrons: Mafatlal Industries Ltd., Vaishno Mal Malhotra Public Trust, Mr. K.K. Malhotra, Associated Cement
Companies
Associates: Industrial Development Bank of India
OUR BANKERS
Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, State Bank of India, Canara Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, Housing
Development Finance Corporation, ICICI Bank, IDBI Bank, Punjab National Bank, State Bank of Bikaner
and Jaipur, State Bank of Indore and United Bank of India
BAIF Annual Report 2009 - 2010
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Achievements
Livestock Development
Forty years after BAIF launched the
cattle development programme to
solve the twin problems of food
security and sustainable
development, small farmers are
assured of a brighter future. Dairy
husbandry is enabling them to
build valuable assets in the form of
crossbred cows, each worth Rs.
20,000-30,000 and the families
owning 2-3 such cows are able to
come out of poverty. The services
of BAIF are reaching 44 lakh
families spread over 69,619
villages in 15 states namely
Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat,
Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh,
Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, West
Bengal, Orissa, Jharkhand,
Chhattisgarh and Tripura States.
While functioning through a
network of 2582 livestock
development centres, various
approaches are tried to extend
this service at a modest service fee
to ensure sustainability of the
programme in the long run. The
revenue generated during the
period of sponsorship is kept as
corpus to support the programme
after completion of the project
support. Such a self-sustainable
model will not only reduce the
dependency on the donors but
also sustain the interest of farmers
to improve the production by
demanding better quality services.
200 such centres established
under the SGSY special
programme, 100 each in Uttar
Pradesh and Bihar, over the last 5
years have demonstrated the
feasibility of promoting self-
sustainable programme with
support for the initial 5-7 years.
ITC has also sponsored 153 such
centres spread over Maharashtra,
Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh,
Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and
Karnataka states.
We have received a grant from the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
for a period of five and a half years
to launch a new service model of
livestock development
programme named as the Godhan
Project. The aim is to deliver
Artificial Insemination services and
other critical inputs to 86,000 poor
families through a network of 170
cattle development centres
spread over Maharashtra, Bihar
and Uttar Pradesh to increase the
productivity of their dairy animals
and their incomes. The project
was launched on December 1,
2009. 350 centres located in
Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, Bihar, Karnataka,
Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat are
being operated under the
Ksheeradhara Project by availing
interest-free loan from the
National Dairy Development
Board (NDDB) under the National
Dairy Development Programme.
This model, once successful, can
empower BAIF to expand the
programme in potential milkshed
areas without any support from
donors. These innovative
approaches can help BAIF to
expand the livestock development
programme throughout the
country, involving small farmers to
enjoy sustainable livelihood, while
mitigating the ill-effects of global
warming and meeting the growing
demand for milk which is expected
to cross 180 million tons per year
by the year 2022.
Gainful self-employment
Achievements
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Effective backward and forward
linkages is another critical support
necessary to reduce cost of
production which is being
facilitated through active
participation of stake holders,
dairy farmers’ groups and
federations promoted in the field.
To establish an effective market
linkage, a pilot project of milk
procurement and marketing was
initiated with the support from
SGSY Special Programme of
Etawah and Agra districts of Uttar
Pradesh through installation of
bulk coolers and transparent
pricing of milk based on the
quality. As a result, the farmers
were able to recover 20-25%
higher price. This is another step
forward to develop an efficient
dairy value chain.
The statewise performance of the
dairy husbandry programme is
presented in Table 1. Presently, an
estimated 8 lakh cows and
buffaloes born under BAIF
programme, are in milk
production, contributing an
income of 2500 crores to the rural
economy.
Baburao Jagdale got his local
cow bred through BAIF’s Cattle
Development Centre at Karjat in
Ahmednagar district of
Maharashtra. The local cow
delivered a crossbred calf which
the family fondly called Rani who
was reared with affectionate
care. She delivered a female calf
at the age of 28 months. Since
then, she has been the true
Kamdhenu for the Jagdale family.
So far, Rani has given birth to 18
calves (8 females) with an
average intercalving of 370 days!
She yielded 36,000 litres of milk
during her life.
Rani is a fine example of
potential of rearing crossbred
cows for enhancing livelihoods
as well as regularity of breeding
for assured milk production.
Income from sale of milk, surplus
progeny and farmyard manure
from the herd was spent for
meeting day to day family
Prosperity from Crossbreeding Programme
expenses, education of children,
expenditure on marriage
ceremonies and for digging a
well. In addition, Jagdale has built
a modest house and purchased
0.2 ha agriculture land.
Table 1. Statewise Performance of Cattle Development Programme
State Districts Centres Villages Families Total Insem.
(Cum.) (Cum.) (2009-10)
MITTRA Maharashtra 22 177 2018 73854 131911
GRISERV Gujarat 20 290 3332 280134 248904
BIRD-K Karnataka 21 154 2637 96568 125412
RRIDMA Rajasthan 19 328 6907 420737 268472
BIRD-UP Uttar Pradesh 64 795 30593 2551312 699473
BIRD-Uttarakhand 11 93 2736 244653 56130
BIRD- Bihar 13 117 3559 190853 142810
BIRVA- Jharkhand 24 410 12300 205000 148521
SPESD M.P. 13 47 2972 52773 23645
BIRD- A.P. 11 171 2565 361716 92199
Total 218 2582 69619 4477600 1937477
The Conception Rate varied from 47% to 58% in different states.
Enhanced standard of living
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After successful completion of the
eco-friendly goat development
programme in West Bengal, which
could enhance the income of over
10,000 goat keepers by 4-5 folds
without increasing the herd size,
a similar programme is being
replicated in West Bengal, Tripura,
Jharkhand and Maharashtra.
Good practices on goat rearing in
BAIF’s operational areas of West
Bengal and Gujarat have been
documented under the South Asia
Pro Poor Livestock Policy
Programme (SAPPLPP), New Delhi
for wider replication.
Based on a series of meetings with
stakeholders in livestock
development conducted in
Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Andhra
Pradesh and Karnataka and a
national consultative meet on
cutting edge technology, the
problems and perspectives of
farmers have been documented in
the form of a booklet Livestock
Development: Current Scenario
and the Future. ��������������������
Watershed Development
Watershed Development
programme which aimed at
making efficient use of natural
resources for human and
ecological benefits is benefitting
97131 families spread over 673
watersheds in 961 villages covering
248841 ha (Table 2). Watershed
development coupled with
promotion of efficient water use,
green manuring, biofertiliser
application, vermicomposting and
mixed cropping could benefit the
farmers to promote eco-friendly
farming. Application of higher
doses of farmyard manure and
establishment of shelter belts on
field bunds and borders continued
to help farmers to combat the ill-
effects of global warming, through
reduction in wind velocity and soil
moisture loss. Sustainable land use
plan and cropping systems based
on soil fertility and water
availability could help farmers to
enhance their cropping intensity
by 15-20% and crop production by
25-35%, while facilitating assured
supply of safe drinking water all
round the year for local human and
livestock population. Under this
programme, based on a ridge-to-
valley approach, 6912 farm ponds
and village ponds and 1853 check
dams have been constructed, 2605
open and bore wells and 29068
gully plugs have been recharged
apart from development of 559
springs, 2380 water storage
structures and 48 lift irrigation
schemes.
The NABARD supported Holistic
Watershed Development
Programme (NHWDP) has been
supported by BAIF in the capacity
of a Resource Support
Organisation in Washim and
Yawatmal districts for capacity
building of Project Implementation
Agencies (PIAs). The holistic
watershed development
programme in Vidarbha region
addresses issues such as risk of crop
failure, insecurity of sustainable
production, lack of backward and
forward linkages in farm-based
enterprises and lack of institutional
framework and network. BAIF is
also a Resource Support
Organisation for Indo-German
Watershed Development
Programme of NABARD covering
21 watersheds spread over 24064
ha of drought prone, hilly and
backward areas in Pune, Satara,
Beed and Osmanabad districts.
The Jalajeevani watershed
development project for
sustainable agriculture supported
by K.K. Malhotra Fund for Rural
Development and Research and
Efficient use of water resources
Achievements
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Vaishno Mal Malhotra Public
Charitable Trust Fund for Rural
Development and Research,
Mumbai, is benefitting more than
1200 households in Tumkur district
of Karnataka through recharging
of ground water and increase in
crop yields, establishment of
herbal gardens in school premises
and promotion of dairy husbandry.
Various innovative sustainable
water management and farming
practices enabled BAIF to receive
the ‘Best Water NGO’ National
Award under different categories
‘Revival of Rural Water
Resources,’ ‘Water Harvesting’
and ‘Water Education’ by Water
Digest in collaboration with
UNESCO and Ministry of Water
Resources, Government of India.
An user friendly and hygienic
method of roof top water
harvesting for drinking water
promoted by BAIF Institute for
Rural Development, Karnataka to
combat fluorosis in 45 villages in
Tumkur district of Karnataka was
appreciated by the Ministry of
Water Resources through the
Ground Water Augmentation
Award on the occasion of World
Water Day. The innovation was
construction of ground level water
tank with a tightly closed lid, inside
or adjacent to the house and
connecting water supply directly
to the kitchen through a hand
pump, which could keep the water
clean while providing water any
time. This was a unique model
appreciated by users as well as
sponsoring agencies.
A Sustainable Clean Water Supply
Development Project launched in
10 drought-prone villages of Pune
district in collaboration with Rotary
Foundation, Rotary Club of Nigdi,
Pune and Rotary Club of Longueuil
Rive-Sud, Canada could ensure
potable drinking water through
installation of 10 tube wells and
hand pumps for more than 700
families. �
Raju Baliram Lolure, a farmer of
Phalegaon village in Washim
district is a school drop out who
owns 10 acres of ancestral
agricultural land which is the only
source of income for his family.
However, only two acres were
suitable for cultivation of which one
acre was waterlogged during the
monsoon season which was used
only for Rabi cultivation. The
remaining eight acres of land was
Improved Land Productivity through Underground Drain
Table 2. Statewise coverage of Area under Watershed Development
State No. of Units Micro Area covered in ha No. of Villages No. of families
Watersheds (Cum.) (Cum.) (Cum.) benefitted (Cum.)
MITTRA Maharashtra 131 30033 170 12600
GRISERV Gujarat 289 139384 284 28400
DHRUVA Gujarat 24 11506 39 6349
BIRD-K Karnataka 18 14974 67 5379
RRIDMA Rajasthan 10 7442 26 4768
BIRD-UP 13 3101 20 2650
BIRD-Bihar 6 318 42 2503
SPESD M.P. 174 41122 269 33450
BIRD - A.P. 7 275 28 390
BIRVA- Jharkhand 1 686 16 642
Total 673 248841 961 97131
of poor quality. Raju participated
in Net Planning under the Holistic
Watershed Development
Programme during the year
2008-2009. On the basis of Net,
he planned to reclaim the land.
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Sustainable Agriculture: To
promote sustainable agriculture,
training and demonstration on use
of vermicomposting, biofertilisers
and biopesticides were conducted
at CRS. Over 35 tons of
vermicompost were distributed to
farmers. Earthworms have been
provided for promoting
vermiculture production in the
field. Liquid biofertilisers of
Rhizobium, Nitrophos (a
combination of nitrogen fixing and
phosphate solubilising
bacteria) and biological plant
protection products such as F-
neem, Verticie L. and Yealiq were
produced and 13000 litres of these
products were distributed to
needy farmers.
Trial on different models of
smokeless chulhas conducted
around Urulikanchan,
demonstrated the benefits in
terms of savings in wood and
reduction in smoke emission.
Laboratory testing services for
human beings as well as livestock
are provided by the Community
Health Research Centre (CHRC).
Sericulture: This division is
engaged in research and
development to evolve new
techniques and to facilitate
farmers to improve their
production and income. For
supporting mulberry and tassar
silk, 1.62 lakh and 30,000 DFLs
respectively were distributed to
farmers in Maharashtra,
Karnataka and Mandi districts of
Himachal Pradesh. With timely
technical and marketing support,
433 families cultivating mulberry
on an average of 0.4 ha were able
to enhance their income from
Rs.40,000 to Rs.120,000/year.
Mr. Soma Pise from Daund in Pune
district recorded a production of
103 kg/100 dfl against the
average production of 58 kg in the
state.
In Mandi district of Himachal
Pradesh, 240 families cultivated
mulberry under rainfed
An underground drain of 0.9 m
depth and 114.6 m length was
excavated with a support of
Rs.2546 from the project. Out of
a total depth, 0.6 m was filled
with stones and a plastic sheet
was spread on the stones. He then
filled the remaining trench with soil
which cost him Rs.7200. This has
facilitated a well drained land
suitable for taking crops in both
kharif and rabi seasons.
Tree-based farming with eco-friendly practices
Critical input for
sericulture
Underground drainage work has
improved the productivity.
Income from this piece of land in
Kharif season increased from
Rs.3000 to Rs.23,400 after the
treatment.
Achievements
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wadi programme to enrich the
biodiversity and to ensure
nutritional security. The local
participant groups have developed
various innovative methods to
enhance their production and to
effectively link with the local
market. Introduction of lac
cultivation on locally grown tree
conditions and rearing DFLs
supplied by BAIF, were able to
enhance their income by three
folds from Rs.15000 to Rs.45000
per year. Mr. Parmaram
Choudhary of Chattar village in
Mandi district received “Best
Sericulture Farmer” award from
the Government of Himachal
Pradesh. A weaver, Moreshwar
Sonkusare was honoured by
Mr. R.R. Patil, Home Minister,
Government of Maharashtra and
has also been nominated for
President’s Award Medal.
Tassar silk products are becoming
popular in Ahmednagar and
Gadchiroli districts under the wadi
programme. CRS procured 60 tons
of mulberry cocoon and 4 lakh
tassar cocoon and processed
them into 12000 m of a wide
range of fabrics including the
famous Paithani, Karvate and
Narayan Peth sarees, engaging
traditional weavers. A Silk Mart
shop has also been established at
CRS for marketing of these
products.
New products for control of pests
of silkworm have been developed
and three of them namely Herbal
RSK, Uzi Ban and Organic Silk have
now been released for distribution.
A software on Sericulture
Management Information System
has been developed for efficient
management of the business by
the farmers. �
Agri-Horti-Forestry (Wadi) for Tribal Rehabilitation
species has been promoted in
Madhya Pradesh and
Maharashtra. Fish farming has
also been taken up by farmers in
wadi area who have access to
water bodies. Based on
successful adaptation of various
innovative practices in non-wood
forest species adopted by rural
communities under the wadi
programme for assured
livelihood and nutritional
security, a publication on
Unfolding the Potential of
Diversified Rural Livelihood –
Successful Initiatives, has been
brought out.
The wadi programme for
rehabilitation of tribals has been
appreciated and replicated across
the country. The programme has
covered 155,007 families spread
over 56916 ha in 4686 villages, as
presented in Table 3. As a measure
of the confidence in BAIF to evolve
and extend newer solutions to
tribal development, the Ministry
of Tribal Affairs, Government of
India has recognised BAIF as a
Centre of Excellence in the area of
rural technologies for
improvement in livelihood and
quality of life. Also noteworthy is
serving as the Resource
Organisation for consolidating the
wadi programme supported by
NABARD through a special Tribal
Development Fund in 18 states.
Apart from cultivating well-
established fruit crops like mango,
cashew, Indian gooseberry, various
under-utilised fruit and food crops
have also been introduced in the
Sustainable livelihood from wadi
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Table 3. Statewise cumulative coverage of families under Wadi Programme
State No. of No. of Participant Area covered Major Fruit Crops
Villages families ha
MITTRA Maharashtra 2737 81600 31401 Mango, cashew, amla, guava, lemon, citrus
GRISERV Gujarat 220 2826 714 Mango, sapota, amla, lemon, cashewnut,
custard apple, drumstick, coconut, date palm
DHRUVA Gujarat 424 30116 11245 Mango, cashew
BIRD-K Karnataka 432 15246 5986 Mango, coconut, cashewnut, tamarind, guava,
sapota, custard apple, amla, lemon, jackfruit
and coffee
RRIDMA Rajasthan 669 18879 5663 Amla, mango, guava, pomegranate, lemon, orange
BIRD-UP Uttar Pradesh 104 4115 1031 Amla, mango, bel, ber, guava
SPESD Madhya Pradesh 84 1981 792 Mango, custard apple and guava
BIRVA- Jharkhand 16 244 84 Mango, cashew, litchi, lemon
Total 4686 155007 56916
Post harvest activities such as
procurement, grading, processing
and marketing of various
commodities grown by wadi
farmers were organised through
rural producers’ organisations
across the project areas. Fruit
processing facilities have been
promoted at Lachhakadi (Gujarat),
As the project location under the
Jan Utkarsha programme is
remote and inaccessible,
marketing opportunities are
either inadequate or do not exist.
To overcome this difficulty,
efforts are being made to add
value to the products through
groups and to establish a value
chain for marketing. This has
helped in better returns to the
farm produce through proper
storage.
Tribal farmers have been
encouraged to cultivate jasmine
flowers. In Jawhar region, 511
farmers have taken cultivation of
jasmine with good success. The
flowers are sold in
Mumbai markets
through their
c o o p e r a t i v e
Vrindavan Flower
Growers’ Association.
Farmers’ associations
have been
established at
Jawhar, Vikramgadh,
Dahanu, and Palghar.
Flowers grown by the
farmers including marginal
farmers are sold through these
associations. The farmers are paid
every fortnight. This has
benefitted even the farmers
producing small quantity. Earlier,
The Flower Merchants
the farmers used to receive
Rs.65/kg but now the flowers
fetch them Rs.139/kg. During
the year, they have sold 11329
kg flowers and generated a gross
income of Rs.15.43 lakhs.
Jawhar and Peint (Maharashtra)
Baghpura (Rajasthan) and Kesla
(Madhya Pradesh). Women
empowerment, development of
safe drinking water sources,
community health and capacity
building through improved
education and training and micro-
finance have been the critical
Flower boom
components of wadi programme.
To enable the families to enhance
their investments in agriculture
and increase their earnings, the
wadi owners have been
availing credit from local banks
through their SHGs and their
Federations.
Achievements
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Innovative Farming: Under
Component III of the National
Agricultural Innovation Project
(NAIP) of ICAR. BAIF has been
identified as a Consortium Leader
to implement the Sustainable
Rural Livelihood Security Project
(SRLS) in Maharashtra. Dr.
Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi
Vidyapeeth, Mahatma Phule Krishi
Vidyapeeth, Maharashtra Animals
and Fishery Science University,
Bharati Vidyapeeth University and
Dr. Hedgewar Sewa Samiti are
consortium partners. The
programme spread over 10
clusters in Nandurbar,
Ahmednagar, Yeotmal,
Chandrapur and Gadchiroli is
developing a replicable and
holistic approach for promoting
sustainable livelihood through
integration of tested technologies
to improve the productivity of
natural resources in backward
regions. The activities include the
development of improved package
of practices for agriculture,
promotion of tree-based farming,
forest-based interventions, tasar,
lac and livestock development,
water resource development,
along with value chain for
agricultural and animal husbandry
enterprises of small farmers. More
than 8000 participants have
organised themselves to enhance
their agricultural production and
developed their capabilities to
interact with various development
agencies to harness the untapped
opportunities so far. The
participant families were able to
enhance their agricultural
production by over 50% and their
income by 60-70% during this
year. BAIF has also been involved
as a co-project implementing
agency to implement similar
projects in Rajasthan, Gujarat,
Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh,
Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and
Uttarakhand states.
BAIF is implementing another
innovative project for developing
Value chain of linseed: Processing
and Value Addition’ as a Lead
Partner in Maharashtra under
NAIP component 2 with Punjabrao
Krishi Vidyapeeth and Bharati
Vidyapeeth as partners. The
objective is to improve the linseed
crop production and introduce
technology to add value to the
produce. While selection of
suitable varieties, development of
integrated nutrient management
and plant protection are being
aimed at to increase the crop yield,
new technology for processing
linseed under vacuum extraction
technique is being introduced to
produce Omega 3 rich
nutraceuticals to fetch higher
value. Pilot production of Omega
3 products has already
commenced and marketing
arrangements have also been
made. Easy availability of Omega
3 products at an affordable price
is likely to contribute to
health improvement of common
people. �����������������������������������
Cluster Development Approach
Hope for the future
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Special Thematic Development Centres
Under the ’Strengthening Development Programmes and Laying Newer Directions’’ supported by R.D. Tata
Trust, Mumbai, special area development centres have been established to develop and test appropriate
programme packages and approaches within niche areas and emergent sectors.
� Centre for Development in Desert / Arid Regions of Rapar, Kutch region in Gujarat and Barmer
district of Rajasthan supported 130 farmers from Barmer and 40 farmers from Kutch to establish
tree-based farming as a sustainable income generation activity. Recharging of wells and rain water
harvesting were undertaken to assure safe drinking water and supportive irrigation. Goat husbandry
was supported through breed improvement and development of silvipasture on village common
wastelands.
� Centre for Development in Fragile Hill Areas in Kumaon and Garhwal in Uttarakhand assisted 110
farmers from Agastmuni and 130 from Khetikhan to establish temperate fruit orchards while
rejuvenating existing fruit orchards and to cultivate vegetables and flowers in lows cost poly houses.
Processing of Malta for juice was promoted through SHGs.
� Resource Centre for Tribal Development in ongoing programmes in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya
Pradesh and Karnataka is promoting enrichment of backyard gardens with indigenous perennial
vegetables. Plantation of Non-timber forest Products such as Palmyra palm, Mahua, lac farming
and Karaya gum and inland fishery have been identified as supportive activities for income generation.
� Centre for Livelihoods through Technical and Hospitality Services in Maharashtra and Gujarat is
promoting ecotourism involving local communities. Initiatives have been taken up to establish
traditional cuisine corners named as “Nahari” which are managed by tribal women in South Gujarat.
Sri Venkateshwara Agri Business
Centre was established in
Marreddypally village of Darsi
Mandal in Prakasam district of
Andhra Pradesh. The villagers
are dependent on rainfed
farming and hence grow rain-fed
crops such as chillies and red
gram. 50 farmers came together
to carry out agri-business
enterprises and collected
Rs.30,000 as membership fee for
purchase of agricultural inputs in
bulk. Project support of Rs.1.5
lakhs was made available to the
group in the form of a revolving
fund to be repaid after
harvesting of the produce which
was strictly followed by the group
who cleared their loan after the
marketing of the produce. The
corpus fund created was used for
financing needy farmers to avail of
crop loans.
Hiring of equipment required for
protective irrigation of the land
was ensured by procurement of
pipes and renting it out to the
members as well as poor farmers
at a nominal price thereby leading
to conservation of water and
carrying out agricultural
operations on time. This activity
could fetch a profit of Rs.70,000
to the farmers. Since renting out
Managing Agriculture as an Enterprise
of pipes, maintenance and supply
require skills, a technician has
been appointed among the
members, on an annual contract
of Rs.5000 thereby generating
employment at the village level.
The group is also involved in
renting out of PVC water drums
for transportation of water.
These agri-business ventures
have led to easy availability of
pipes at low cost, enhanced the
confidence of the farmers to
operate such centres and created
employment for technically
trained farmers within the group.
Achievements
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BAIF’s approach has been to
ensure conservation of natural
resources and protection of the
environment while implementing
all the development programmes.
This has significantly contributed
to sustainable development and
mitigation of global warming.
BAIF’s pioneering work of
upgrading low productive
nondescript cattle and buffaloes
through genetic improvement
using superior quality frozen
semen, has helped dairy farmers
to own better quality milch
animals. These animals being very
valuable, they are stall-fed and fed
with balanced nutrition. As a
result, the farmers are able to
enhance their income with
reduced herd size. Balanced
feeding and efficient use of dung
for biogas production further
reduced emission of methane.
Our watershed development
programme spread over 248841
ha has not only arrested soil erosion
but also enabled regeneration of
vegetation on degraded and
barren lands. With increasing
cropping intensity, the farmers
were able to ensure food security
while keeping the ground under
green cover. Promotion of various
eco-friendly practices such as
green manuring, composting,
vermicomposting and use of
biofertilisers and biopesticides
have reduced the use of agro-
chemicals. Under tree-based
farming, over 8 million fruit and
forestry plants have been
established. The wadi programme
has demonstrated the feasibility of
providing sustainable livelihood
while improving the ecosystem.
With these initiatives, BAIF is able
to create environmental
awareness among farmers,
general public and also among
children and promote sustainable
development.
As the Regional Resource Agency
for the National Environmental
Awareness Campaign conducted
by the Ministry of Environment and
Forests, Government of India,
BAIF coordinated the programme
of 785 NGOs from Maharashtra
and Goa who organised awareness
campaign and field
demonstrations on Climate
Change. Vermicomposting, tree
plantation, plastic and biomedical
waste management and solar
energy were the sub-themes on
which awareness was created
through demonstrations.
Environmental awareness in
schools was also undertaken in
Maharashtra through display of
the animated film on
environmental protection. Schools
who had taken keen interest were
further encouraged to initiate
various eco-friendly projects
involving their students.
Based on the encouraging
response and experience received
in promotion and distribution of
the animated film “Our
Environment – Let Us Protect It”
in English and Marathi languages,
20,000 copies of the Hindi version
were produced with the support
of Coca-Cola for distribution in
schools spread over 50 districts of
Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand,
Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand and
Madhya Pradesh covering 0.5
million children. Field Extension
Officers were oriented in
distribution of the film and they will
orient school teachers to make
best use of this opportunity,
Environmental Conservation
Promotion of non-timber forest species
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sensitise children and motivate
them to initiate various eco-
friendly projects. A booklet on eco-
friendly activities such as raising of
plant nurseries, tree planting in
schools and in the backyards of
students, garbage recycling,
vermicomposting and rainwater
harvesting is also being brought out
for distributing to schools. �
Agri-business
Realising the need to ensure
sustainability of the development
programmes through promotion of
strong people’s organisations, BAIF
has been facilitating farmers to
form their primary organisations
such as Co-operative Societies,
Farmers’ Associations, and SHG
Federations. These farmer
organisations, with facilitation
from BAIF, have now formed a
federal-level Producer Company
named as the Vasundhara Agri-
horti Producers’ Company Ltd.
(VAPCOL), with a membership of
38 producer organisations from
Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat,
Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
VAPCOL is primarily involved in
establishing market linkages for
various fresh and processed farm
produce from the members, as
well as to support the member
organisations to develop their
processing facilities and various
value-chain activities. During the
year, VAPCOL had a turnover of
over Rs. 3.69 crores through sale
of mango and cashew products.
Processed products marketed by
VAPCOL are brought to consumers
under the brand “Vrindavan –
from the roots of India.
Vikas Arth (Development Finance)
6901 Self Help Groups (SHGs) of
women promoted through various
programmes of BAIF are spread
over 7 states. These women have
collectively saved Rs 6.60 crores
and accessed cumulative credit to
the tune of Rs 15.73 crores. 2580
groups are linked to banks to avail
of additional credit to meet their
needs and for micro-enterprises.
An effort to work with banks under
the business facilitator model has
been initiated. Capacity building
of the members of the SHG
formed under various projects
through need-based training,
promotion of micro-finance and
linkage with financial institutions
and support for value addition and
marketing are undertaken
regularly based on the needs. A
network has been established with
INAFI – India for wider reach and
cross learning. �
Managing Agri business
Capacity building through micro-finance
Achievements
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Women Empowerment
Women empowerment, a key to
the success of all the rural
development programmes, forms
an important activity across all the
projects. The success of this
programme could be seen through
active involvement of women in
planning and development,
decision making and increased
share in family assets. The
activities involved exposure visits,
formation of SHGs for mobilising
savings and micro-credit,
promotion of micro-enterprises,
reducing hardships for women and
initiating various social
development activities for the
benefit of local communities.
Presently, there are more than
6900 women SHGs consisting of
5276 members involved in these
development activities.
Over 200 SGHs operating in Pune
district were engaged in producing
more than 200 food, herbal
medicines and utility articles
products which are sold through
Sankalp, a retail outlet at
Urulikanchan. Community-based
health insurance activity was
initiated in the year 2002 and
presently, 2400 women have taken
membership, who organise regular
health check ups for their
members.
Yeshaswini, an innovative training
programme to empower socially
challenged young women who are
facing serious problems of
livelihood and dignity is being
conducted since 3 years. In the
absence of skills and resources,
these women have been
encountering social and moral
harassments, resulting in
depression and food insecurity. To
transform this problem into an
opportunity, a leadership
development programme for
empowering and rehabilitating
such women has been launched
with the support of R.D. Tata Trust.
The residential training centre at
Urulikanchan near Pune, selects
25-30 needy candidates having
basic literacy, aptitude and
initiative to develop their career
as community development
workers or entrepreneurs. Apart
from regular counselling, skill-
based trainings are imparted for
six months to develop basic skills in
on-farm and off-farm enterprises,
community mobilisation,
formation of People’s
Organisations, micro-finance
management and gender
sensitisation etc. These trained
Yeshaswinis have been finding
work with development
organisations or establishing their
own enterprises. So far, 40 trained
women have been rehabilitated
successfully and the impact has
been overwhelming.
Empowerment of women
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Jan Utthan programme was
initiated in Nandurbar district of
Maharashtra in the year 2004 in
16 villages through Velavad and
Dhanora Multi Activity Centres.
There were challenges in
implementing the programme as
distress migration was rampant.
However, persistent efforts of the
BAIF team through activities such
as exposure visits, group
meetings and home visits
motivated the families to
participate in the programme.
This resulted in good response to
Artificial Insemination of local
cattle for breed improvement for
milk production and a boost for
the livestock development
initiative.
Nandurbar block has good
potential for milk production.
Marketing of milk was suggested
as an Income Generation Activity
for the Women SHGs. For this, a
survey was undertaken to assess
the amount of milk produced,
market available, estimated
profit. A visit of SHG
members was arranged to Dairy
Society at Kalwan for hands-on
training.
After returning from Kalwan, a
meeting of the SHG members and
the farmers involved in milch
cattle rearing was conducted
along with project officers of
Dudhganga of Nandurbar
District Rural Development and
District Dairy Development. It was
decided to establish a Milk Society
and collect the milk from
neighbouring villages. MITTRA
offered to support marketing.
Initially, four Women’s Milk
Societies were formed and the
milk collected was sent to
Vasudhara Dairy at Alipur, Navsari
which pays the producers on the
basis of fat content in milk.
Payment on the basis of fat
ensured a good price for the
producers and an additional 35
paise per litre for the Milk Societies
for handling. Milk collection
increased from 100 litres to 550
litres. This success led to the
establishment of three more Milk
Societies. Presently, these seven
Milk Societies collectively procure
SHGs managing Milk Societies for income generation
2000 litres of milk every day. As
Vasudhara Dairy collects milk only
in the evening, two bulk coolers
have been installed to store milk.
By the end of March 2010, these
Milk Societies sold 5.73 lakh litres
of milk with a turnover of
Rs.1.15 crores. About 700 farmers
have been directly benefitted due
to remunerative price, who were
earlier exploited by the middlemen.
It is worth noting that 14 educated
unemployed youth are engaged in
various operations of the Milk
Societies and are thus gainfully
employed. Women have
successfully shouldered the
responsibility of managing the Milk
Societies, and are truly
empowered.
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Hardship reduction and
community health of the
participant families, particularly of
women is being addressed
through maternal and child
health, family welfare,
development of safe drinking
water sources and energy sources
such as improved wood stoves
and biogas, establishment of
Aanganwadis and facilitating
existing schools to improve the
quality of education.
Holistic health care continues to
be the most critical issue in all our
operational areas. Establishment
of kitchen gardens has resulted in
nutritional security and reduced
the incidences of malnutrition
among infants and small children.
More than 500 kitchen gardens
have been established for home
consumption. A special campaign
on purification of water at
household level was carried out to
prevent the ill-effects of
contaminated water.
Demonstrations on nutritious food
have been conducted in the
project villages to improve the
quality of life. A Nutrition Week
with special focus on locally grown
nutritious vegetables was
organised in almost all the villages
with good success in Gujarat.
Malnutrition among tribals is a
serious problem which is closely
linked to poverty, neglect of girl
child, early marriage, under-
nourishment of adolescent girls
and poor nutritional status of
pregnant women which results in
low weight of children at birth.
This is a vicious cycle. To
demonstrate the feasibility of
reversing this situation, a pilot
project was undertaken. The
programme covered 6026
children, 704 adolescent girls, 271
pregnant women and 396
lactating mothers from 50 tribal
hamlets in Jawhar and Mokhada
blocks who were provided with a
nutritional mix, which was
developed by using locally
Community Health
Food security from backyard nutritional garden
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available foodgrains and produced
by local self help groups without
depending on sophisticated
equipment dependent on power
supply. Different quantities of mix
was provided to different age
groups over a period of 3-6
months. This has resulted in a
significant improvement in birth
weight and reduction in infant
mortality and improvement in
weight gain and nutritional status
of infants in the age group of 6
months to 6 years. Significant
weight gain in adolescent,
pregnant women and lactating
mothers were also recorded.
A harmony between traditional
and modern advances in medical
science is being achieved through
the involvement of traditional
health care practitioners in the
community health programme.
Primary treatment based on
naturopathy is being administered
to the local community by more
than 180 traditional health
practitioners in Maharashtra and
Gujarat apart from increasing
awareness among the community
through village cleanliness
campaigns. Many of these healers
have also established their own
herbal gardens. The aim is to
promote a health care centre at
the village level to serve as an
information centre for the
villagers. These centres have
treated thousands of patients
suffering from various ailments.
The Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha,
Homoeopathy (AYUSH)
Department of the Ministry of
Health, Government of India is
supporting BAIF to document and
revitalise local health traditions in
tribal areas of Shravasti district in
Uttar Pradesh and Dangs district
of Gujarat through training and
formation of health societies.
Formation of village level ‘Arogya’
Samities are in progress to create
greater awareness on community
health. A booklet on medicinal
herbs, traditionally used for curing
various ailments has also been
published, popularising the use of
these herbs.
Health and skill-based education of
500 adolescent school-going as
well as non-school going girls is
being addressed in Jawhar area of
Thane district and Peint area of
Nashik district of Maharashtra.
Weekly lectures were arranged in
schools and hamlets and 1000 girls
underwent training in personal
hygiene, reproductive health and
issues of violence and addiction.
Awareness programmes on swine
flu and eye camps were organised
in these districts.
The mental health status of about
300 villagers was successfully
addressed in Surat, Bharuch and
Dangs districts of Gujarat. Local
volunteers are trained to identify
the patients suffering from mental
illness and encouraged to take
treatment at the local PHCs. Case
studies of patients successfully
treated, are being documented.
Maternal and new-born health
care are being addressed in
Balrampur and Bahraich districts
of Uttar Pradesh to reduce
maternal and neo-natal mortality
by providing critical support and
creating awareness among the
villagers, through 11 partner
NGOs, covering 64 Gram
Panchayats. The project
supported by Asha, has selected
1407 village level health workers,
who have assisted 12273 pregnant
women and have been trained on
safe delivery and maternal and
child care. The project has brought
a significant improvement in the
health status of mothers and
children. �������������������������������
Kitchen garden for improved nutrition
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BAIF has initiated various socio-
economic development projects as
a part of the CSR activity of leading
Corporate Houses such as ITC
Limited, Rourkela Steel Plant,
Hindustan Uni Lever Ltd., Coca
Cola India, Reliance Industries,
Jindal South West, Ballarpur
Industries Ltd., Gokak Mills,
General Mills, ONGC, Navin
Fluorine Industries, UltraTech
Cement Ltd. Infosys Foundation,
etc. across the country.
Collaboration with Corporate Houses for Sustainable Development
Inakanahalli is a small village in
Sira taluka of Tumkur district
with 120 households.
Agriculture is the main livelihood
of these families. The villagers
were facing acute drinking water
scarcity throughout the year.
Even though there was plenty of
water in the community
borewell, it was not suitable for
consumption due to high salt
and fluoride content. The
villagers had no other alternative
but to depend on drinking water
from a borewell which belonged
to a well-to-do farmer in the
village. Thus, it was inevitable
for the villagers to visit his farm.
Though the farmer could not
refuse to give water directly, he
was becoming annoyed. It was
also difficult for him to provide
water for all the households at
the cost of his crops. Fluctuating
electricity also contributed to
this problem. Whether to irrigate
crops or to provide water to the
villages became a dilemma. This
was the situation in 2005.
Today, Inakanahalli is a 100%
water self sustainable village. It is
a village with 100% Rain Water
Harvesting (RWH) units with all the
96 families. Family-level units can
be observed in front of every
household.
The Sachetana drinking water
project brought about this change!
The project with financial support
from Government of Karnataka
was started in 2005. In the
beginning, the community was
hesitant to opt for rainwater
harvesting for drinking purpose.
Drinking rain water is totally new
to them and there was a lot of
taboo attached to drinking of rain
water. Sensing this, the project
team conducted exposure visits to
similar project in Pavagada taluka
where villagers at CK. Pura had
already started harvesting and
drinking rain water. Seeing was
believing. After returning to their
village, the RWH units started
taking shape. Iragyathappa was
the first to construct an unit. He
tasted the rain water and
convinced the others to go for
RWH units. SHGs provided loans
to their members and non
members to pay the up front
contribution to adopt RWH.
Today, Inakanahalli is altogether
a different village.
Inakanahalli – A 100% RWH Village
Greenbelt development at Reliance Industries, Nagothane
Drinking water from a borewell
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Table 4. CSR Projects Implemented by BAIF with the support of Corporate Houses and Foundations
A. Corporate Houses Activities
1. ITC Ltd.
Maharashtra: Amravati, Wardha, Pune Livestock Development
Madhya Pradesh: Bhopal, Vidisha, Sehore, Guna
Andhra Pradesh: Guntur, Prakasam, Khammam,
W. Godavari
Bihar: Munger
Uttar Pradesh: Saharanpur, Badaun, Chandauli,
Hardoi
Rajasthan: Bundi Food Security and Rural Employment:
Andhra Pradesh: Guntur, Prakasam Agri-Business Centres
Karnataka: Mysore Tree-based farming
2. Rourkela Steel Plant Integrated Rural Development around peripheral villages
Orissa: Sundergarh of Steel Plant
3. Reliance Industries Ltd. Afforestation and Horticulture Development,
Maharashtra: Nagothane (Raigad) Comprehensive Rural Development
4. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. Watershed Development
Maharashtra: Parkhed, Khamgaon, Buldhana district
5. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Community Development, Women Empowerment
Maharashtra: Uran (Raigad)
6. General Mills Comprehensive Development
Maharashtra: Sinnar, Nashik, Akole, Ahmednagar
7. Ballarpur Industries Ltd. Livestock Development and Agriculture
Maharashtra: Gadchiroli, Vidharba, Bhigwan (Pune)
Andhra Pradesh: Warangal Cattle Development
8. Gokak Mills Industrial Greenbelt Development
Karnataka: Gokak, Belgaum
9. Associated Cement Company Integrated Rural Development
Chhattisgarh: Jamul, Weg
10. Ultratech Cement Co. Ltd. Rural Development Centre, Cattle Development Centres
Gujarat: Amreli
11. Solaris Chemical Ltd. Animal Health Care Camps
Gujarat: Kutchh
12. Tata Power Co. Ltd. Agriculture, Livestock Development, Watershed
Maharashtra: Mawal (Lonavla) Development, Self Help Group
Mulshi (Pune district) Sericulture
Gujarat: Kutch Livestock Development
13. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Jatropha plantation and capacity building
Madhya Pradesh: Jhabua
B. Foundations Activities
1. Sir Dorabji Tata Trust Thematic Development Centres for Rural Livelihood
Maharashtra: Jawhar, Peint, Chandrapur,
Gadchiroli, Gondia, Jalgaon, Urulikanchan
Gujarat: Rapar, Kutcch
Karnataka: Dharwad
Rajasthan: Barmer
Uttarakhand: Kumaon, Garhwal
Madhya Pradesh: Hoshangabad
2. Infosys Foundation Community Health, Social Development
Maharashtra: Akole, Ahmednagar, Nashik
3. Supraja Foundation Livestock Development
Gujarat: Valsad
4. Deepak Mehta Foundation Holistic Village Development
Maharashtra: Daund, Pune
5. Rotary Foundation and Rotary Clubs of Drinking water resource development around Urulikanchan,
Nigdi, Pune and Longueuil Rive-Sud, Canada Pune
Achievements
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Poised for a paradigm shift in its
approach as well as geographical
expansion, BAIF considers capacity
building to be an investment. The
training team at MDMTC, Pune
has been providing support for
building capabilities of BAIF staff
and community-based people’s
organisations across 12 states.
These training courses include
induction for new recruits and
Management Development
Programme (MDP) for middle level
managers and senior managers
and members of apex level bodies
of POs. Training on promoting
agribusiness, micro-finance,
business plan and strategy for apex
level POs and programme
monitoring are also being
implemented.
Training programmes on Livestock
Development, Sericulture,
Watershed Development,
Biofertilisers, Vermicomposting,
Improved Agriculture,
Horticulture, Nursery raising,
Capacity Building
Mushroom, and local People’s
Organisations were conducted for
765 field technicians during the
year. International participants
from AKF- Afghanistan and Bhutan
also attended training in Livestock
Development. Over 2000 farmers
and students visited the campus
for exposure to various
development programmes.
Suitable training curricula and
manuals on transfer of different
technologies promoted by BAIF
were developed to facilitate
effective training at the training
centres in Pune, Urulikanchan and
various states. Series of
documentary films have also been
developed for facilitating transfer
of technologies which are used for
awareness and training of
participants.
Capacity building of farmers on
agricultural development is also
being ensured through training
and demonstration at our
campuses at Surshettikoppa in
Dharwad district and Lakkihalli in
Tumkur district of Karnataka. The
Chaswad campus hosts the Krishi
Vigyan Kendra sponsored by ICAR,
to impart training on new farming
systems and crops. 45 training
courses were conducted during the
year, attended by 983 farmers on
sustainable farming practices which
covered crop production and plant
protection measures for 723
farmers both men and women,
integrated pest management and
disease management including
women farmers, capacity building
of rural youth and formation and
strengthening of self help
groups.
Based on the technical advise
provided by KVK, Jayantibhai
Chimanbhai Patel from Kesargam
village applied scientific methods
in farming resulting in increased
yield and profits and felicitation by
the Government of India in New
Delhi in February 2010. �
Innovation in wadi programme
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A leading farmer
Jayantibhai Chimanbhai Patel's
farm in Kesargam village in
Bharuch district of Gujarat was
no different from many others in
the vicinity. He grew cotton and
pigeon pea with traditional
irrigation system. He then heard
about the Krishi Vigyan Kendra
(KVK), at Chaswad in Bharuch.
He leant about new high yielding
varieties of crops, use of micro
nutrients, benefits of balanced
fertilisers and water harvesting
from KVK. In 2001, he began to
make use of drip irrigation and
established fruit orchards. He
constructed a check dam for
water harvesting and on the
advice of scientists, diversified
into papaya cultivation. These
measures increased his net
income from Rs.10,000 to Rs.1.5
lakh per ha. He also saved 40%
Harvest of Hope
expenses on water, electricity costs
and fertilizers and the products
showed a marked improvement in
quality. Through Farmers' club
organised by NABARD, he could
get access to larger and more
lucrative markets like Delhi. The
success of Jayantibhai has been
featured in the book “'Harvest of
Hope” which highlights the
success stories of 101 farmers
from all over the country.
Development of degraded wastelands
Achievements
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BAIF Central Research Station
Bull Mother Farm and Semen
Freezing Laboratory: The bull
mothers and bull calves had a total
population of 462 animals out of
which 262 were males, 158
females and 42 calves / young
stock including pure exotic and
native breeds of cattle and
buffaloes and crossbred animals.
Presently, a total of 228 bulls are
under semen production.
The Embryo Transfer Lab
recognised for embryo transfer
technology by the Government of
India, flushed 16 Ongole donors.
Out of a total of 88 embryos, 25
embryos were frozen. Presently,
12 bulls of HF and Jersey cross born
through ET are under semen
collection.
The ISO 9001-2008 certified semen
freezing laboratory at
Urulikanchan has enhanced its
semen production capacity using
modern biotechnological tools and
produced 65 lakh doses of frozen
semen during the year, breaking
the previous records of
production. This lab has received
renewal of recognition for a
further period of three years.
Molecular Genetics and
Reproduction Biotechnology
Laboratory: The Molecular
Genetics Laboratory has
established a DNA Bank with 5000
samples of various breeds, useful
for Marker Assisted Selection
(MAS) of future progenies for
eliminating animals having genetic
disorders. Screening of HF bull from
5 different semen freezing
laboratories in Maharashtra has
been conducted against these
diseases. Advanced facility of
Automated DNA Sequencer, SNP
shot for SNP Detection and DNA
fingerprinting for Parentage
Testing are available at this lab.
250 samples of breeding bulls
were karyotyped at the
Reproduction Biotechnology
Laboratory.
The Field Progeny Testing of HF
crossbred bulls supported by
Project Directorate on Cattle,
Meerut is being implemented
since 1995. Since inception, 7
batches of bulls completed test
inseminations and the eighth batch
of 24 bulls were started in August
2009. Progenies from first 3 bull
batches completed milking and
their average performance was
recorded at 2914.77 kg from 1846
progenies born out of 60 sires.
Study on “Identification of
Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) for
Milk yield, Fat and Protein in
Buffaloes” under NAIP-4 Project of
ICAR. Under this project, 16738
progenies born out of 12 sires have
been identified. 10800 progenies
reared by farmers are being
followed for their reproduction
and production performance.
Conservation of Native Breeds:
To improve the productivity of local
cattle in Rajasthan, breeding with
Tharparkar breed semen is being
implemented with the support
from the Department of
Biotechnology, New Delhi in
Nagaur district. Presently, 3
Tharparkar bulls are in semen
production and 1240 cows were
bred.
Krishna Valley breed of cattle being
in endangered status, with the
support from National Bureau of
Bull mother improvement for excellence
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Animal Genetic Resources, ex-situ
conservation of this breed has been
undertaken. 8 eligible breeds have
been procured from breed tract
from Karnataka for semen
collection and breed covers 2000
cattle in the native tract and 378
calves of this breed were born
during the year.
Animal Nutrition Division: It is
engaged in evaluation of various
non-traditional agricultural
byproducts for using as cattle feed.
A study on feeding of spirulina has
been undertaken particularly to
assess its nutraceutical benefits.
The feed mix unit produced 240
tons of mineral mixture, 950 tons
of cattle feed and 10 tons of
complete feed blocks for inhouse
consumption and distribution to
farmers. This unit is supported by
a well equipped Nutritional lab, for
quality control. In collaboration
with DSM Neev, Netherlands, a
nutrition study was undertaken to
study importance of various
mineral supplementations on milk
production at CRS.
For strategic supplementation for
medium milk yielding cows (5-10
litres) through balancing the
nutrients with locally available
ingredients, complete feed blocks
using soya hulls and straw were
used for production of complete
feed blocks were tested in the field
and found to be beneficial to
enhance the milk yield and fat
content. Complete feed blocks
with sorghum straw base fed to
cattle increased the milk yield
from 8.1 litre to 8.5 litres / day,
while the fat content increased
from 4.1% to 4.25%. Feeding of
these feed blocks were found to
be economical and useful for milch
animals particularly during
scarcity period.
Agriculture and Forage
Production: Under the All India
Coordinated Research Project on
Forage Crops, breeding and
technology development were
undertaken in seasonal and
perennial forage crops. The
landraces of maize were collected
from farmers’ fields in Munger
district of Bihar. 236 accessions of
forage crops, tropical grasses and
legumes are maintained at CRS.
The centre has also participated
in the National Breeding
Programme on Maize and pearl
millet. Six crosses of maize and 15
crosses of single cut bajra were
tested. Two entries of hybrid
Napier namely BNH-3 and BNH-
10 were selected for Varietal
Evaluation Trial. BNH-10 hybrid
was found to be more succulent,
leafy and without leaf sheath
pubescence, and well accepted by
farmers.
33 Fodder Technology
Demonstrations (FTD) of maize,
pearl millet, cowpea, hybrid
Napier, lucerne, berseem and oats
were established on farmers’ fields
covering 7 villages surrounding
Urulikanchan to popularise
improved varieties and good
management practices.
Under Breeder and Foundation
seed production, 6 tons of seeds of
Maize African Tall variety was
produced and supplied to various
Government institutions and Dairy
Cooperatives. Truthful seed
production programme of various
cultivated forage crops and
multiplication of planting material
of BNH-10 was also undertaken
and 40 tons of seeds different
forage crops and more than 10
lakh cuttings of BNH-10 were
supplied to farmers and dairy
cooperatives.
A booklet entitled A Decade of
Research (1998-2008) of AICRP
on Forage Crops was published
and released during the
National Group Meet held in
Bangalore.
Forage improvement through breeding and selection
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Research Highlights
� Centrally-coordinated multi-locational studies on livestock husbandry were undertaken to identify
the bottlenecks associated with dairy husbandry. The study highlighted the need for addressing
these local problems based on the traditional customs, knowledge and resources.
� A coordinated research trial examined the influence of biological extracts on growth and yield of
several annual crops over a period of five seasons. In general, the application of the extracts -
vermiwash and fermented neem extract of Effective Microorganisms resulted in 20-30% increase
in grain yields over the control treatment. The combined application of both vermiwash and
neem extract appeared to be more beneficial probably because it combined the benefits of crop
nutrition and protection.
� ITC has supported our Development Research Programmes particularly to study the impact of
various technologies for conservation of natural resources and to generate sustainable livelihood
under various socio-ecological conditions. While operating 153 cattle development centres in
the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and
Bihar, the local livestock management practices were studied and suitable strategies were
developed to improve the breeding efficiency and feed management.
While implementing series of watershed development programmes, various cropping systems
were also explored to enhance the crop productivity while facilitating effective soil and water
conservation. In Karnataka, tree-based farming was promoted with introduction of multipurpose
tree species on field bunds and borders and farmers’ preference for various species was assessed.
It was observed that in dry regions, as fruit plants are not able to yield more, farmers preferred
fuelwood and timber species like Acacia auriculiformis, Casuarina, Cassia siamea and Eucalyptus
as compared to other species. In Rajasthan, various varieties of important crops such as soyabean
and maize were evaluated and farmers could compare the performance of new varieties with
existing varieties. As a result, GS235 variety of soyabean and Ganga kaveri, Prabhat and Pioneer
varieties of hybrid maize have become popular in this region.
� An innovation project for promotion of underutilised crops, sponsored by the United Kingdom
Department for International Development through the International Centre for Underutilised
Crops, is being implemented in four locations where appropriate cultivation practices and post
harvest technologies are being introduced for value addition. The study revealed that farmers
generally have basic knowledge about these crops, but want to be assured that growing them
can be remunerative, which can be achieved through value addition and establishing marketing
linkages. Moreover, activities such as nurseries for planting material and primary processing
facilities have to be decentralised as the quantity produced and available as surplus is small. ��
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While implementing various
programmes, the field teams in
collaboration with BAIF’s
scientists have taken up various
innovative approaches to solve
the field problems. Some of the
innovative approaches are
highlighted below:
Traditional farm pond: A
traditional farm pond popularly
known as Bodi in Vidharba area,
holds water for 6-8 months in a
year. However, the farmers do
not use Bodi except as a source
of drinking and for agriculture.
BAIF team has introduced fish
culture through which farmers
are able to earn substantial
income and meet their domestic
needs.
Improved Plough: People in the
hilly area of Uttarakhand used a
wooden plough with an iron
attachment at the tip of the
plough which gets damaged
frequently. The project staff
found a simple solution of using
thick iron plates on both edges of
the wooden plough to prevent
damage while improving the
efficiency.
Tipping of bucket for
measurement of water level: This
rain gauge with two small
“buckets“ mounted on a fulcrum
(balanced like a see-saw) having
tight tolerances to ensure that
they hold an exact amount of
precipitation, typically 0.25 mm.
The tipping bucket assembly is
located underneath the rain
collector, which funnels the
precipitation to the buckets. As
rainfall fills the tiny bucket, it
becomes overbalanced and tips
down, emptying itself as the other
bucket pivots into place for the
next reading. Tipping bucket
assembly has been installed in
farmers’ fields to measure runoff
and sediment loss under a given
cropping system.
Roof top rain water harvesting
reduce drudgery: Fetching
drinking water being a serious
problem in hilly terrain of
Uttarakhand, roof water
harvesting was undertaken by 45
families. While the materials were
provided from the project, labour
was contributed by the participant
families to construct a tank of 300
litre capacity. This saved them
from the drudgery of fetching
water from the valley during the
rains and also reduced the risk of
accidents while fetching water
from river Mandakini.
Trichoderma production in
adverse conditions: The
trichoderma Vertrick fungicide
production requires cool
temperature and high humidity.
Therefore, it is not possible to
produce this fungicide all round
the year. To overcome this
problem, use of air cooler filled
with water was found to be the
solution, as it enhances the
humidity and reduces room
temperature, facilitating
production throughout the year.
Mahua (Madhuca species) is a
species of economic importance
for tribal communities. It has a
long juvenile period and attains
the flowering stage in 12-15
years. This period is reduced to
five years by softwood grafting
under appropriate climatic
conditions. BAIF has standardised
the grafting technique and this
will help in the establishment of
mahua plantations.
Amla blanching: De-seeding of
amla is necessary before
processing into various products
such as candy, laddoo, supari and
juices. This is a cumbersome
process which affects the quality
and cost. One approach is to
blanch amla to facilitate easy
splitting and removal of seeds.
However, this is difficult on a
large scale. To solve this
problem, the Rajasthan team has
devised a perforated vessel with
a perforated lid where amla is
BAIF’s Innovative Approaches to Address the Needs
Improved iron plated plough
Achievements
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Small units of 150 birds of Kuroiller
breed were given to select families
for backyard poultry rearing. The
units were reared under scientific
feeding and housing management.
The growth rate and feed
conversion rate was high and thus
it became beneficial to farmers in
hilly regions of Uttarakhand.
Considering the severe winter, the
size of the windows of the houses
was reduced by 50% which saved
energy and promoted growth rate
of the birds. However, to raise
Promotion of Backyard Poultry
stored and steam is injected in
the vessel closed with a lid for 6-8
minutes. During this process,
excess moisture is drained out
naturally and excess steam
comes out of the holes. This is
helpful for uniform distribution of
steam and to retain the colour
and quality of amla. At the end,
amla seeds can be processed
easily keeping the seedlets intact.
Lac culture: In Maharashtra and
Madhya Pradesh, wadi farmers
apart from taking care of tree
plantations in newly established
orchards, have also taken up lac
cultivation by introducing insect
eggs on Flame of the forest (Butea
monosperma) tree locally known
as Palas. This being a new activity,
farmers are taking a lot of interest
in adopting this technology.
Herbal Uzi Fly repellant: Branded
as ‘Uzi Fly Ban’ has been
developed at CRS using herbal
base to replace agrochemicals
which were used earlier. This
produces repellant Uzi fly, a pest
of silkworm for 2-3 days when
tested in the shade. Use of Uzi Fly
Ban with other recommended
package of practices has brought
down the incidence to even less
than 1% in the field.
Nylon Bed Mess cocoon
harvesting: This nylon net is used
to harvest superior quality cocoon
without damage within a short
period.
Goat Banks: In backward regions
of Vidharba, BAIF has initiated
goatery for those farmers who
cannot afford to maintain large
animals. As they do not have
many goats, the project has given
them goat on condition that they
will return an equal number of
kids, which serve as banks for
others who wish to maintain
goats.
Jhool for Cattle: In high altitude
areas of Uttarakhand, winter is
severe, with snow fall. Milch
animals often consume a lot of
energy to fight against the
cold temperatures. This
adversely affects the milk
production. Traditionally for
ceremonies a “Jhool” (animal
wear) is being used to decorate
animals. Regular use of
jhool during severe winter helped
to save energy and maintain
milk production even during
winter.
Backyard poultry for enhanced income
Advanced process of de-seeding
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the temperature in the shed,
heating arrangement had to be
made. As the commercial
brooders cost Rs.6000-7000 per
unit, the field teams in close
discussion with farmers, developed
a low cost alternative of hanging a
tin box, 60 cm above the ground,
with 2-3 bulbs of 200 watt fitted in
it. Chicks needing heat gathered
below the box which radiated heat
to raise the temperature. With
this device, a major capital cost
was eliminated.
To reduce the cost on commercial
feed, a local weed Bichhu ghas
(Urcica dioca) was tried as a feed
ingredient which was acceptable
but for its high oxalic acid content.
This problem was solved by
chopping and boiling the weed
before feeding. The
farmers rearing
poultry were given
training to feed the
weed.
Basket cushions: The
concept of basket
cushions has become
popular in Augutsmuni
area. Traditionally,
women use a basket
for carrying farmyard
manure to farms and
fodder to their homes.
Some also used such
baskets to carry
purchases from the market.
Earlier, only a rope was used to
hang the basket on the back over
the shoulders. As this was
physically strenuous, a simple
intervention of providing a cushion
between the rope and shoulder
has provided huge relief to women.
Now, even men are using these
innovative baskets.
� A Delegation of Scientists
from the Ministry of Food and
Agriculture, INRA and
Institute de e’Elevage, France
visited the BAIF Central
Research Station at
Urulikanchan on October 20,
2009.
� Shri Narendra Modi, CM,
Gujarat, Shri Mangubhai
Patel, Minister of State, Shri.
Narottambhai Patel, Minister,
Shri. Harsadbhai Vasava,
Member of Parliament,
Mr. Balat, Collector, Tapi
district, and Ms. Shalini
Agrawal, DDO, Vyara visited
the Garib Kalyan Mela” at
Visitors
Innovative basket cushions
Visit to Garib Kalyan Mela at Rumkitalav village
Rumkitalav village of Nizar
Taluka of Tapi district on
February 9, 2010.
� Dr. Nitin Raut, Minister, Animal
Husbandry, Dairy Development
and Fisheries, Government of
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Maharashtra, visited the BAIF
Central Research Station at
Urulikanchan on January 17,
2010.
� Dr. R. Vijaykumar, IAS,
Principal Secretary,
Department of Planning,
Development and Special
Initiatives, Government of
Tamil Nadu visited the BAIF
Central Research Station at
Urulikanchan on December
30, 2009.
� Mr. G. Mohan Kumar,
Principal Secretary, Animal
Resources and Fisheries
Development, Government of
Orissa, visited the BAIF Central
Research Station at
Urulikanchan on February 11,
2010.
� Mr. V.C. Pharka, Principal
Secretary, Animal Husbandry,
Government of Himachal
Pradesh, visited the BAIF
Central Research Station at
Urulikanchan on February 4,
2010.
� Ms. Supriya Sule, Member of
Parliament, visited the head
office of Maharashtra
Institute of Technology
Transfer for Rural Areas
(MITTRA) in Nashik on
November 17, 2009. She also
visited the wadi programme
in Vikramgad area on
December 31, 2009.
� Mr. Oskar von Maltzan,
Director, German
Development Cooperation
Office, Kreditanstalt fur
Wiederaufbau (KFW), New
Delhi, visited the wadi
programme at Kaprada in
Dharampur and Vansda in
Navsari districts on January
18, 2010.
� Dr. Vandana Shiva, Founder of
Navdanya, Dehra dun and
Bija Vidyapeeth Awards
visited the tribal development
programme at Jawhar in
Thane district on January 14,
2010.
� Shri. Dileep Sanghani,
Minister of Agriculture and
Animal Husbandry,
Government of
Gujarat, visited PTG
Dairy Project in Tapi
district on October 31,
2009.
� Shri. A.M. Tiwari
Secretary Tribal
D e v e l o p m e n t
D e p a r t m e n t ,
Government of
Gujarat and Ms. J.
Patankar, Director, Ministry of
Tribal Affairs, Government of
India, New Delhi visited PTG
Dairy project in Tapi district on
September 10, 2009.
� Mr. Narottambhai Patel,
Minister, Panchayat,
Department of Rural
Development, Government of
Gujarat and Mr. Ishwarbhai
Patel, MLA and Parliamentary
Secretary, visited Hansot and
Ora villages in Bharuch district
under Krishi Mahotsav on May
21, 2009.
� Mr. Raguveer Singh Meena,
MP Udaipur, Mr. K.L.
Choudhary. Block Chairman,
Mr. Poonamchand and Mr.
Narayan, Director, ZP,
Udaipur visited IGWDP, Khad,
Udaipur on September 30,
2009.
� Mr. Akhil Arora, IAS,
Commissioner TAD, Ms. Aparna
Arora, IAS, Commissioner,
Udaipur, Mr. Hem Singh
Chouhan, CEO, Dungarpur and
Mr. C.D. Charan, POT,
Dungarpur visited the wadi
programme at Gadmal on
November 30, 2009.
� Dr. S.S. Chahal Vice
Chancellor, Maharana Pratap
University for Agriculture and
Technology, Udaipur visited
nursery raising activity in
greenhouse and calf rally
under the cattle breeding
centre at Kolyari in Udaipur
district on November 1, 2009.Ms. Supriya Sule visits wadi programme
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BAIF's Contribution to Millennium Development Goals and Mitigating
Global Warming
� Coverage: 4.5 million families across 15 states in 69,619 villages
� 0.65 M crossbred cows producing milk worth USD 500 M
� 0.4M ha under water conservation benefitting 97,000 families with 30-40% increase in crop
� 56,000 ha land covered by orchards under Wadi programme
� 10,000 SHGs with savings of Rs. 100M (US $2M); 2580 SHGs connected to banks
� Over 1000 Volunteer health guides in the field
� 85% of participating families in cluster development programme have come out of poverty
� Improved quality of life through women's empowerment and community health initiatives
� Environmental protection through sustainable agriculture, water and soil conservation, genetic
improvement of livestock, industrial greenbelt and environmental awareness
� Sustainability of operations ensured through linkages with
� Financial Institutions and Markets
� Village administration, Government Development Departments
� Other Development Organisations
Food security with conservation of natural resources
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Progress of Associate Organisations of BAIF
Maharashtra Institute of Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (MITTRA)
MITTRA has a significant presence
in Maharashtra with its
multidisciplinary operations in 25
districts benefitting over 1.78
million families in 3958 villages.
Under the cattle development
programme sponsored by milk
cooperatives, sugar factories,
corporate houses and ITC, 131911
AI were performed with 40%
conception. Procurement and
marketing of milk were initiated
through People’s Organisations
under 21 primary milk collection
centres in Nashik and Nandurbar
districts and 6 bulk milk coolers
have been installed, daily collecting
6500 litres of milk. A heifer
improvement programme has
been initiated to support small and
marginal farmers to take better
care of their female calves in
Amravati and Wardha districts.
Eight training programmes on
l i v e s t o c k
breeding and
m a n a g e m e n t
were conducted
for 627 youth
under Pashudhan
Mitra of whom,
182 are operating
their own
centres, 96 have
joined MITTRA
and 3 have taken
up Government
service. 12 women were also
trained in livestock management
practices.
MITTRA is functioning as a project
implementation agency in 9
watershed clusters, under the
Indo-German Watershed
Development. In drought-prone
areas of Hathkarwadi in Patoda
taluka of Beed district, series of
check bunds could support the
cultivation of rabi crops such as
jowar, gram and wheat with
protective irrigation in about 15-
20% cropped area apart from
increasing kharif crop yield and
ensuring safe drinking water. A
Diploma course in watershed
development and rainwater
harvesting has been introduced in
Maharashtra in collaboration with
Wadi for food security
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Dhanaji Hunya Tadvi, aged 50
years, lives in Mundalwad village
in Dahadgaon taluka of
Nandurbar district. Dhanaji
owned 1.5 acres of land. To
support his family, he worked as
a driver. His small patch of land
did not motivate him to take up
orchard development. However,
gentle persuasion by the project
staff and an exposure visit to
neighbouring wadi plots at
Kakadda hamlet in Dahadgaon
taluka motivated him to join the
programme and develop a wadi
on one acre of land. His wife and
widowed daughter helped
Dhanaji to dig pits for planting
saplings of amla and mango.
Initially, his wife watered the
saplings by fetching water from a
nearby stream. After two years,
Dhanaji laid a pipeline and with the
help of a diversion channel-based
irrigation, ensured protective
irrigation for the plants. The family
then shifted to their plot to take
care of their wadi. The barren land
was soon transformed into a green
patch. Dhanaji started cultivating
vegetables as intercrop.
With increasing interest, Dhanaji
planted mangoes, mahua, charoli,
custard apple, bamboo and teak
trees on the barren hilly slope
Wadi: Planting Hopes
behind his wadi and erected a
fence around to protect the
plantation. This has resulted in
the production of local grasses
during rainy season since the last
two years. The grass is used for
grazing his cattle and the surplus
is sold.
Using stone bunding, Dhanaji
levelled his land and planted
mahua saplings He uses
improved variety of seeds. He has
also ventured into food
processing by preparing supari
from amla harvested from the
wadi plantation, which is sold
locally. Before participating in
the Indira Gandhi National Open
University, New Delhi.
Under the Jan Utkarsha
programme sponsored by the
Government of Maharashtra,
more than 82,000 tribal families
have successfully established wadi
on degraded wastelands by
planting mango, cashew, amla,
guava, lemon and citrus fruits.
The Resource Centre for Tribal
Development is promoting
diversified pilot initiatives in
natural resource management
and sustainable livelihood.
Cultivation of non-traditional crops
such as jackfruit, elephant foot
yam and bauhinia have enriched
backyard gardens while ensuring
nutritional security and assured
livelihood. Fruit crops such as
jamun and custard apple which
were neglected due to poor
market linkage have been
promoted with special marketing
efforts such as grading, packaging
and direct linkage with urban
outlets. Extraction of sap from
phoenix palm and use of its leaves
for brooms and handicrafts,
cultivation of Salai Guggal as
medicine and karvy (Strobilanthus
sp.) on field bunds for soil
conservation while using its stem
for staking of vegetable crops,
cultivation of lac are being initiated
and good practices are being
developed before wider replication.
The Green and Applied
Technologies Research Centre is
involved in the conservation of
crop genetic resources, through
collection and preservation of
precious germplasm maintained
by the community since
generations. 120 varieties of
paddy have been collected and
cultivated in 5 locations for
further selection. Sustainable
agriculture through system of
rice intensification (SRI), is being
practiced by more than 800
farmers on 66 ha. Floriculture is
becoming a popular activity
among small farmers who are
raising marigold and jasmine.
Cultivation of aromatic crops
such as citronella and lemon
grass to prevent damage by wild
life, are some of the promising
alternative livelihood activities.
To generate alternate livelihood
for landless in the tribal belts of
Jawhar and Toranmal, eco-
tourism has been introduced by
extending boarding and lodging
services.
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the wadi programme, he used to
earn Rs.3000-4000 per annum
from his land. Now, his earnings
MITTRA has been undertaking
community development activities
in various locations with the
support of corporate houses.
These include watershed
development on 206 ha sponsored
by Hindustan Unilever Ltd. in
Parkhed, Khamgaon, Buldhana
district, women empowerment
and capacity building of youth to
secure employment in non-farm
sector, supported by Reliance
Industries Ltd. in Nagothane,
Raigad district, operation of 43
cattle development centres in
Amravati, Wardha and Pune
districts supported by ITC to
ensure improved animal
husbandry services to small
farmers, capacity building,
promote best practices in animal
health and fodder development
and establishment of a
sustainability fund. Agricultural
improvement and cattle breeding
centres are being supported by
General Mills in Gadchiroli district
and capacity building of 200 SHGs
in Nashik and Ahmednagar districts
with the support of General Mills
in Akole, Ahmednagar district and
Infosys Foundation. 184 SHGs have
registered their participation in the
Suprakashita programme aimed at
community mobilisation for
development.
Production of newsletters,
wallpapers, case studies, short
duration video films and promotion
of rallies on various aspects of
rural development ensure
dissemination of various
technologies. Training and
demonstration campuses at
Jawhar in Thane district and
Peint in Nashik district for
transfer of technologies is being
organised for farmers, field
functionaries and community
workers.
MITTRA was conferred the “Rajiv
Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas”
Award for promotion of non-
conventional energy through the
use of solar and wind generated
lighting system for all the buildings
and street lights at the training and
demonstration campus at Peint
and for providing solar lights to
more than 2300 rural
households. �
are Rs.10,000-12,000 per annum.
The family is happy due to better
quality of life brought about by
food security and sustainable
livelihood from wadi.
Before and After
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Gujarat Rural Institute for Socio-Economic Reconstruction, Vadodara
(GRISERV)
GRISERV is operating 290 cattle
development centres, serving
280134 families in 3332 villages in
20 districts of Gujarat, with the
support of DRDA, Tribal
Development Department,
Cooperative Milk Unions, Sugar
Factories and corporate houses.
248904 AI were performed during
the year with a conception rate of
43%. 78 self sustainable centres
have been established in 5 districts
under the Ksheeradhara Project
with the support of NDDB. Revival
of Banni buffaloes through use of
elite bull semen for breed
improvement, timely health care
and vaccination has been initiated
to accelerate dairy husbandry in
Kutchh region. Promotion of
silvipastures and water harvesting
measures are
some of the
other initiatives
to conserve the
e c o s y s t e m
while enabling
the community
to improve their
quality of life.
Under the
w a t e r s h e d
development
p r o g r a m m e
spread over 284
villages covering 139384 ha,
farmers are empowered through
training and exposure visits to
improve their agricultural
production. Tree-based farming
covering 2400 tribal families has
ensured development of 400 ha
degraded lands through
establishment of orchards of
mango, sapota, anola and lemon
which has led to food security and
stable income throughout the year.
The Krishi Vigyan Kendra at
Bharuch has set up demonstrations
of various farming systems and
technologies to improve
agricultural production.
Felicitation at the national level of
a farmer from Bharuch district for
promotion of improved agricultural
technologies is an indication of the
impact of the programme.
890 Self Help Groups are engaged
in the project areas to organise
micro-enterprises and community
development. GRISERV has been
recognised as an NGO for
undertaking rural development
activities for training in livelihood
activities and capacity building and
training programmes. �� Liability converted into an asset
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families migrate for 6-8 months.
Cultivation of high value crops like
soybean, niger and groundnut
along with improved cultivation
practices have been well accepted
by local farmers. Various water
resource development initiatives
have provided irrigation to cover
2670 ha, benefitting 4200 tribal
families. Income generation
activities based on forest-based
products such as honey bee and lac
cultivation and karaya gum
collection have been taken up on
a pilot scale.
Dhruva has been identified as a
training organisation for
watershed development under
Integrated Watershed
Management Programme in
Gujarat.
Joint collaboration with the Forest
Department in Dangs and Valsad
districts for capacity building of
members of the Joint Forest
Management Committee is
another activity. Promotion of
People’s Organisations for efficient
implementation and
establishment of processing and
marketing have enhanced the
confidence of the tribals in
managing their lives in future.
These cooperatives procured and
processed over 300 tons of mango
and 410 tons of cashew resulting
in employment for 253 landless for
10 months. Self help groups of
women are actively engaged in
micro-finance and various
community development
activities. �
DHRUVA
Tribal development
programme with major
focus on establishment of
fruit orchards on degraded
lands, assured supply of
safe drinking water,
improved agriculture,
enhanced health status
and empowerment of
women, is making a
significant contribution to
food security and
improved quality of life of
thousands of tribal
families in Valsad, Navsari
and Dangs districts and
the Union Territory of
Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
Promotion of organic
farming, landscape-based
approach for enhancing
the land productivity,
underutilised crops, post-harvest
operations, agri-business,
strengthening of traditional health
care systems through
establishment of naturopathy and
herbal treatment centres, training
and capacity building of the tribals,
livelihood activities for landless and
generating interest in tribal
culture through promotion of
tourism-related ventures are also
important components of wadi.
Wadi programme has transformed
the lives of more than 30,000
tribals from 424 villages,
developing 11272 ha degraded
lands into orchards.
This programme is now being
extended to interior villages of
Dangs, where 55 to 70% of the
Water storage in Jalkund for wadi
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BAIF Institute for Rural Development - Karnataka (BIRD-K)
BIRD-Karnataka is implementing
various development programme
in 22 districts benefiting 96,558
families spread over 2637 villages.
The cattle development
programme recorded 124,084
inseminations during the year with
a conception rate of 50.79.
To address the critical problems of
safe drinking water which was
threatening the lives of over 3575
families in 77 villages in Tumkur,
Chikkaballapura and Gadag
districts, the Sachetana project
adopted innovative practices for
Water security
ground water augmentation
through rainwater harvesting and
artificial recharge. Roof top water
harvesting was promoted for safe
drinking water and to combat
fluorosis problem. The project
brought recognition at the
national level through the
“Groundwater Augmentation
Award” by the Government of
India.
The Jalajeevani Project is
benefiting more than 1200
households through water
resource development, improved agriculture, livestock
development, capacity building
and model school development.
With improvement in the quality
of life of tribal families as its
mission, the Suvarna Sankalpa
Project is engaging over 6121
families in tree-based farming,
improved agriculture and livestock
husbandry activities while building
their capacities through training,
awareness generation and
development of People’s
Organisations at various levels.
Nagamma Basavaraj, a middle
aged landless woman, is a
resident of Kamaladinni village of
Deodurga taluka in Raichur
district. Agriculture labour is the
livelihood of both Nagamma and
her husband. They have two sons
and a daughter. The family was
Nagamma thanks Suvarna Sankalpa
struggling to make both
ends meet as they could not get
much work during summer
season. The Government of
Karnataka-sponsored Suvarna
Sankalpa Project assisted
Nagamma with dairy activity in
2009.
The project team provided
training in animal husbandry,
availability of fodder and
Nagamma was supported to buy
a pregnant draft Khillar cow
which gave birth to a male calf.
The milk production was 1 to 1.5
litres per day. Half a litre was
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Tree-based farming was also
promoted under rainfed farming
by distributing seedlings of various
forestry species for establishing on
field bunds and wastelands
covering 2000 families in 50
villages in Hunsur taluka of Mysore
district. As the farmers had to buy
seedlings at a nominal price, they
took better care of these plants.
Demonstration on NADEP
composting was also established
on 25 farms which were used for
motivating other farmers.
Simultaneously, they were
oriented to take up soil and water
conservation by repairing old
bunds and establishing new field
bunds on contour lines.
Demonstration on azolla
cultivation was introduced in 7
villages. 4 decentralised farmers’
nurseries were established to
ensure easy support of sowing of
seedlings to needy farmers. The
most popular species demanded by
farmers in the area were Acacia
auriculiformis, Casuarina, Cassia
siamea, Melia dubia, Silver oak,
teak, eucalyptus, tamarind,
drumstick and bamboo. Sowing of
Stylo hemata on field bunds was
introduced by supplying 500 kg
seeds in the project area.
Women empowerment was
demonstrated through various
community development
initiatives taken up by self help
groups. The Maruthi Mahila Swa–
Sahaya Sangha from K. Hosur
village in Arasikere taluka of Hassan
district was judged as the Best Self
Help Group across the operational
areas of BAIF for the year and
awarded Dr. Manibhai Desai
Gaurav Puraskar and Smt. Vijaya
Deshmukh Memorial Award.
The training and demonstration
centre at Lakkihalli and the
used for self consumption and one
litre was sold at Rs.9 per litre. The
one-year old male calf is now
worth Rs.12,000. Nagamma
looks after both the cow and calf
along with her labour work.
Khillar is a very popular draft and
a pair of bullocks would cost
Rs.50,000-60,000. Nagamma
and her husband were aware of
this tract. In the second
installment also, Nagamma
opted for another pregnant
Khillar cow. In March 2010, the
cow gave birth to a male calf. She
has stopped going
for labour work
and engages
herself in rearing of
khillar cattle.
Nagamma and her
husband thank the
project “we were
not sure how long
our sons would be
able to take care of
us in our old age.
But, now the cattle
whose present
worth is Rs.36,000 and which will
increase in the coming days,are
Conservation of native breed
farmers’ training centres at
Surshettikoppa and Kalkere
continue to ensure transfer of
technologies to farmers through
series of training programmes on
sustainable development. To
encourage the adoption of
appropriate technologies by the
local communities for sustainable
development, video documen-
tation of experiences of the local
participants is being recorded for
wider replication. So far, over 49
video productions of low-cost eco-
friendly farming technologies have
been completed and used for
training and motivation.
BIRD-Karnataka was awarded the
Best Stall Award during the
farmers’ fair held from November
19-22, 2009 by the University of
Agricultural Sciences, GKVK,
Bangalore. �
assets for our old age and
livelihood.”
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BAIF Institute for Rural Development, Andhra Pradesh (BIRD-AP)
BIRD-AP is serving over 83808
families spread over 2500 villages
in 11 districts of Andhra Pradesh
through various programmes.
92,199 AI were performed
through 171 centres with a
conception rate of 52.6%. 23
cattle development centres are in
operation in Guntur, Prakasam,
Khammam and W. Godavari
districts with support from ITC.
The Ksheeradhara project for self
sustainability of cattle
development programme is being
operated in 216 villages through
24 centres. The work has been
very well recognised by the
Government of Andhra Pradesh by
recognising BIRD-AP as a
competent agency
for providing quality
doorstep AI services.
The watershed
d e v e l o p m e n t
projects covering 14
Gram Panchayats in
Prakasam, Guntur,
Mahabubnagar and
Rangareddy districts
are being
implemented along
with shelterbelt
plantations and
improved agricultural practices,
with the active participation of
watershed committees. The
programme is benefiting 1231
families to improve their crop
productivity by 17% in jowar, 22%
in Red gram and 28% in
paddy.
Anantapur is the most drought
prone district in Andhra Pradesh.
The annual rainfall is about 520
mm. The soils are red sandy loam
with black patches. While 10–15
% of the rain water is used for
agriculture, the remaining water
runs off. The ground water levels
are going deeper every year.
Groundnut crop is the major crop
which occupies 16 lakh ha of the
total area. The other important
crops are Red gram, sunflower,
Finger millet, maize and paddy.
During frequent drought and
unseasonal rains, most of the
farmers to cultivate prefer
groundnut crop only because the
crop is drought resistant and
K6 comes to the Rescue of Groundnut Farmers
requires limited moisture. 450 mm
of rainfall is sufficient. In previous
years, the local varieties such as
TMV2, JL, K1-34, Vemana and
Samrat, were leading in this area
with a yield of 110-200 kg per acre.
Sustainable agriculture
Achievements
36
The NAIP cluster in Anantapur
district covering 3 villages has
been facing frequent droughts
since 2002. Groundnut is the
major crop occupying 87% of the
total cropped area, red gram
4.3%, sunflower 3.2%, paddy
2.6% and castor 2.4%.
Considering the difficulty in
getting good quality seeds of
improved varieties on time,
production is taken up as a major
intervention under NAIP project
in Pampanur cluster. The farmers
are motivated on self seed
management system to avoid
purchasing the seed every year.
To promote seed self sufficiency in
project villages, seed varieties like
K6, Narayani and ICGV91114 were
introduced to the farmers with buy-
back system. The farmers said that
they received good yields of 800-
1000 kg per acre. The other farmers
motivated by this success, also
received improved drought resistant
seeds of Narayani and ICGV-91114.
The farmers who expressed that in
subsequent years, most of the
farmers would forget to cultivate
groundnut crop because of the
high cost of cultivation and low
return are now keen to grow
varieties such as K6, Narayani and
ICGV-91114 as they are able to
harvest good yields. They have
special preference for K6 variety.
Mr. Y. Malobireddy, was using
TMV2 in his 7 Acre land and was
getting a yield of only 1600 kg.
With the introduction of K6
variety, the total yield has
increased to 5600 kg.
Under NAIP, as a Co-Principal
Investigator with CRIDA, natural
resource conservation is being
ensured through surface area and
drainage line treatment, repair of
existing bunds and promotion of
tree and fodder crops on farmers’
fields. Introduction of improved
varieties of groundnut, castor, red
gram, jowar and Horse gram
enhanced the yield by 30-60%.
Some of the farmers were also
selected to take up seed
production of groundnut and
castor, with the support of Acharya
NG Ranga Agricultural University
(ANGRAU) and Directorate of
Oilseeds Research (DOR)
respectively. Livestock-based
interventions such as backyard
poultry and calf rearing were
taken up to demonstrate the
advantages of mixed farming in
semi-arid regions. Training and
capacity building in dry land
farming, dairy cattle
management, rainwater
harvesting, crop diversification,
zero tillage cultivation of maize,
use of Azolla and biofertilisers and
agroforestry and small enterprises
were also organised.
Under NAIP, revolving funds were
created for supporting farmers
engaged in maintaining village
seed banks, calf rearing and fodder
cultivation. Value addition is being
achieved through the
establishment of milk collection
centre, clean vegetable production
and custom hiring centres.
Under the Mission Sunehra Kal
programme of ITC, 20 Agri
Business Centres (ABCs) have been
established in Guntur and
Prakasam districts to establish
efficient link between 1077
farmers and the market. The
activities involved forming of
producers’ groups, bulk processing
of agricultural inputs required by
them and arranging market for the
produce. Some of the ABCs have
also taken a bold initiative to
introduce sprinkler irrigation
system for irrigating their cash
crops. Apart from direct supply to
install on individual farms, these
groups have also procured water
storage drums and pipes to be
supplied to farmers on rental basis.
During the current year, 18 groups
have collected a total rent of more
than Rs.60,000 from these
activities. ABCs have also
established link with financial
institutions to procure over Rs.40
lakhs as loan for members. � �
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Rajasthan Rural Institute of Development Management (RRIDMA)
RRIDMA is operating an
integrated development
programme in 20 districts of
Rajasthan. The cattle
development programme is
benefitting 420737 families from
6907 villages covered under 328
centres. 268472 AI were carried
out with a conception rate of
49.58%. Tharparkar cattle breed
improvement has been initiated in
Nagour district.
Silvipasture development on
degraded community pasture
lands on 200 ha has been carried
out with the active involvement of
local households in Chittorgarh
district. Establishment of jatropha
plantation on 1378 ha involving
3444 families in Banswara,
Udaipur and Dungarpur districts
carried out 3-4 years ago has
started yielding 600 kg seeds / ha.
Inspite of such low yields, farmers
are satisfied as they were able to
sell seeds at a premium price of
Rs.20 per kg. They were also able
to harvest naturally grown grass
to feed their livestock. However,
they are reluctant to expand the
cultivation in the absence of heavy
subsidy.
The integrated wadi programme
for tribal rehabilitation covers
1695 Bhil families spread over
Udaipur, Dungarpur and Banswara
districts. Efforts are also being
made to improve the lives of 1600
Bhil families in Sahariya area of
Baran district. Promotion of wadi
on degraded lands, water
resources development, goat
development and non-farm
activities have been undertaken
Management of water resources
Achievements
38
for ensuring food security and
additional income. Organic
farming has been adopted by 250
small farmers in Banswara and
Dungarpur districts while over 450
families in Udaipur district have
initiated vegetable cultivation for
assured livelihood.
The ICAR-sponsored NAIP is
benefitting 1000 families from 9
villages of Jhadol block in Udaipur
district to adopt improved crop
management practices. Varietal
evaluation and nutrient
management trails for rainfed
crops such as maize and black
gram were also conducted in 27
villages of Bundi, Bhilwara, Baran,
Jhalawar and Banswara districts to
promote improved practices.
With sustainable development of
desert areas being of prime
concern, 400 families are being
assisted through promotion of
rainwater harvesting measures,
wadi and goat keeping.
The food security and rural
employment generation
programme through watershed
management approach under
Sunhera Kal project which is being
implemented through 7 micro
watersheds, has benefitted more
than 1200 families from 9 villages
of Hindoli block of Bundi district of
Rajasthan covering more than
6900 ha through soil and water
conservation measures resulting in
double cropping with crop
diversification and additional
employment generation during
rabi season. The self help group
members were oriented to take
initiatives to manage common
property resources and take
better care of their livestock.
These activities are enabling local
communities to increase their
income with gradual reduction in
migration. More than 280 Self
help groups involved in credit
and savings are operating in the
project villages. These groups
have a cumulative saving of
Rs. 57 lakhs. ��������������������������� �
Society for Promotion of Eco-friendly Sustainable Development (SPESD)
SPESD has been making a good
impact in the lives of more than
52,000 rural and tribal families
spread over 2972 villages in 13
districts through various
programmes. During the year,
23645 AI were achieved with a
conception rate of 57%. Under the
ITC Sunehra Kal programme, 17
cattle development centres are in
operation in Sehore, Bhopal,
Vidisha and Guna districts.
Farmers’ meetings are conducted
regularly to create awareness
about appropriate technologies for
taking good health care and
feeding the animals. Efforts are
also made to establish forward and
backward linkages to reduce cost
of production of milk and better
price realisation for milk.
The integrated watershed
management programme covers
7000 ha in Gwalior and Jhabua
districts. Additional 41122 ha over
269 villages, were brought under
watershed development with the
support of the NREGS scheme
generating over 80,000 mandays
wages for the participant families
in Dhar, Jhabua, Alirajpur, Shivpuri,
Guna, Bhopal, Rajgarh, Vidisha
and Harda districts.
In Betul district, wadi programme
was introduced for socio-economic
development of the tribal families.
Vermicomposting, efficient water
use and cultivation of water melon
between fruit trees were
promoted to generate income
during the gestation period of
orchard development. Women
SHGs were also formed to promote
micro-credit and initiate
community health and social
development activities.
Under the NAIP of ICAR, crop
diversification was undertaken in
Betul, Amla and Multai clusters
covering 9 Village Panchayats
through improved varieties of
wheat, green gram, okra, soybean
and ginger crops. Agricultural
productivity enhancement using
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BAIF Institute for Rural Development - Uttar Pradesh (BIRD-UP)
BIRD-UP is operating 795 cattle
development centres, serving
2551312 families spread over
30593 villages in 64 districts of
Uttar Pradesh and during the year,
699473 AI were carried out with a
conception rate of 61.52%. With
the support of ITC, technology
transfer and capacity building of
rural communities for sustainable
development is being ensured
through 50 cattle development
centres in Saharanpur, Badaun,
Chandauli and Hardoi districts with
special focus on social
development, natural resource
management, animal husbandry,
economic empowerment of
women, primary education, basic
health and sanitation to improve
improved land tillage, green
manuring and integrated plant
protection, forage production and
establishment of village seed
banks were taken up with the
support of ICRISAT. The
Agriculture Technology
Management Programme of
Government of Madhya Pradesh
provided an opportunity to
organise producer groups to
prepare their micro-plans for
improving agricultural production
in the districts of Betul, Vidisha,
Shivpuri, Bhind, Gwalior and Datia.
A research study in collaboration
with the University of Queensland
with focus on efficient
management of macro and micro
nutrients to enhance crop
production was carried out in six
villages covering over 90 farmers,
which is also serving as a
demonstration for others to
improve their crop production.
Surabhi, a federation of 9 SHGs in
Kesla block of Hoshangabad
district is involved in the food
processing unit at Kiratpur village
with support from BAIF and
Department of Tribal
Development of Madhya Pradesh.
Pickles and jams produced from
this unit are marketed by Khadi
and Village Industries Board under
the brand name “Vindhya Valley”
in the state. During this year,
Surabhi sold 85.7 tons of products
worth Rs.29.90 lakhs.
Under the “Coalition to Diversify
Income through Underused Crops”
project sponsored by ICUC- RIU,
processing and marketing of
underused crops such as local
mango, ber, bael, woodapple,
amla, karonda and jamun were
undertaken benefitting 400
women. Local farmers were also
trained in nursery management,
processing and marketing of the
horticultural produce.
35 farmers’ schools have been
established for training of farmers
through exposure visits, field
demonstrations and sharing of
success stories. 875 farmers are
playing an active role in community
development and economic
empowerment through
promotion of micro-enterprises
and improved agricultural
practices. �� �
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the socio-economic status of poor
families.
The watershed development
programme is spread over 3101
ha, benefitting 2650 families from
20 villages. The wadi programme
through the establishment of
amla, mango, bel, ber and guava
plantations on 1031 ha denuded
lands benefitting 4115 families in
104 villages.
Maternal and new-born health
care is being addressed in
Balrampur and Bahraich districts
with the support from Path to
focus on improved health status of
expectant mothers, dissemination
of health messages and
development of suitable
communication material for
awareness generation. ������ �
BAIF Institute for Rural Development – Uttarakhand
BAIF Uttarakhand is engaged in
promotion of sustainable livelihood
of 244653 families spread over
2736 villages in 11 districts. During
the year, 56130 AI were carried
out with a conception rate of 43%.
As fodder shortage is a
critical factor affecting dairy
husbandry, fodder demonstration
plots have been established in
different locations to encourage
local farmers to cultivate
fodder on their marginal and
wastelands.
As a Co-Principal Investigator with
National Agriculture Innovation
Project, diversified agriculture has
been promoted through
s u s t a i n a b l e
farming systems,
farm enterprise
development,
promotion of
poultry with
innovation in
brooding, housing
and feed
management,
using local
resources.
Hill area
d e v e l o p m e n t
was also a major
initiative through introduction of
a package of income generation
activities such as use of low cost
polyhouse for growing high value
flowers and vegetables and
promotion of agri-horti-forestry. �
Increasing popularity of buffaloes
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BAIF Institute for Rural Development - Bihar (BIRD-Bihar)
BIRD-Bihar is operating in 13
districts reaching out to 190,853
families in 3559 villages. The cattle
development programme is being
implemented through 117 centres
with an AI of 142810 and a
conception rate of 47.78%. The
programme is being strengthened
with the initiation of the self
sustainable revenue model of
operation. More than 2200 village
dairy interest groups have been
promoted and over 1900 women
have formed their self help groups.
The breeding services are being
availed by 80% of the farmers in
the project area and abut 40% are
receiving other support services
on payment of fees. The
programme has made a significant
impact in the state.
A reliable source of income
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Bisnupura village comes under
Sadar block of Chhapra district 7
km away from Chappra. The
village is popularly known as the
Village of Army as every year,
atleast 1-2 youth join the Indian
Army. The village is also known
for its unity. The village is divided
into eight tolas where 1050
families reside of which maximum
belong to the Lakhat and
Bhumiar castes. The village
comprises of 560 families
belonging to below poverty line.
At present, 720 families are
engaged in commercial dairy
farming of which 385 are BPL.
Before the entrance of BAIF in
March 2005, the villagers were
dependent on agriculture and
agricultural labour work while
only six families were engaged in
commercial dairy farming. The
village had 3000 local cows and
only 12 crossbred cows. BAIF
introduced doorstep services
such as artificial insemination,
training on improved cattle
rearing because of which the
villagers gradually shifted
towards commercial dairy
farming. Since inception, BAIF
White Village
has performed 1800 AI from which
185 female calves were born
among which 22 are in milk. At
present, the village has only 522
local cows and 1564 crossbreds.
The villagers supply 450 litres of
milk every day with an average rate
of Rs.19/litre to Chhapra market,
which is the best price. Although
middle men prevail in this area,
most of the farmers feel that dairy
societies have better pricing and
transparency. Market for selling
of cattle exists as Gengta Pashu
mela has been conducted just 3 km
from the village. So, dairy farming
is turnng into an important activity
for income generation.
Electricity and drinking water
are available in the area. There
are eight schools and seven are
upto class five and one upto eight.
Earlier, girls were restricted to
schooling up to village schools but
are now opting for higher
education and many of them
have enrolled for graduation and
post graduation. Women are
taking part in the development
of their society. This is how the
entire village is thinking about
commercial dairy farming which
took place due to determination
of the villagers and good services
by BAIF.
Under the ITC Sunehra Kal
programme, 15 cattle
development centres are in
operation in Munger district,
benefitting 13950 families through
livestock development, improved
agriculture, capacity building and
programme promotion. 10 Milk
Marketing Societies have been
established which are supplying
1500 litres of milk daily to Sudha
Dairy in Bhagalpur. Over 1800
crossbred calves have been born
under the programme and many
are in milk production. The paying
capacity of farmers for the services
has increased and as a result, 10
centres established 5 years ago are
operating on a sustainable basis.
Under the integrated watershed
development programme
covering 36 villages, 409 ha have
been treated for soil and water
conservation, bringing 225 ha
An asset for the poor
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under cultivation and 191 ha under
irrigation. This has resulted in
reducing migration by 20%. The
wadi programme is benefitting 70
families with orchards on 18-20 ha.
Wadi samities and women’s self
help groups have been promoted
for establishing various services
and to implement the programme
efficiently.
Partnering as a co-Project
Implementation Agency under the
NAIP, activities such as improved
management of crops and livestock
through capacity building have
been introduced through 10
women’s groups in 8 villages of
Munger district. 335 BPL families
have participated in the
demonstration of improved
varieties of paddy, maize and
wheat. Improved paddy
cultivation through SRI was
adopted by a large number of
farmers. Use of farm ponds for
irrigation has been demonstrated
on 32 ha. Other income
generation activities such as
breeding services for cattle and
buffaloes improved goat
husbandry using Black Bengal
bucks along with vaccination
against PPR disease and
preparation of incense sticks have
been promoted. The farmers have
affirmed that even with less land,
they can come out of poverty due
to higher crop yield because of
adoption of soil testing,
recommended doses of fertilisers,
line sowing and improved crop
varieties. ���
BAIF Institute for Rural Vocations and Advancement (BIRVA)
Livestock development
programme is being implemented
in all the 24 districts of Jharkhand
through 410 centres, serving
2,05,000 families in 12300 villages.
148521 AI were carried out with a
conception rate of 55%. 1026
productivity enhancement camps
for treating various health
problems have been conducted
with encouraging participation of
31,164 farmers. Programme
promotion activities included calf
rallies, development of model
dairy farmers and fodder seed
distribution. To popularise cattle
development programme, the
Government of Jharkhand
provided a small quantity of
mineral mixture to every farmer
who availed the breeding services
at BAIF centres. This has helped
to rear good quality heifers even
by poor farmers. As a result, they
are prepared to pay a service fee
up to Rs.60-100 per AI. Field
demonstrations and distribution of
fodder mini kit have enabled over
24,000 farmers to grow fodder
crops such as oats, berseem and
lucerne on 1000 ha. To promote
efficient feeding of agri-
byproducts, field demonstrations
and training on urea treatment for
paddy straw have been carried out
successfully. Excellent support
from the Government of
Jharkhand in implementing various
support activities has resulted in
good performance across the
state.
Watershed development
programme has been launched to
cover 686 ha, benefitting 642
families.
Under the sponsorship from
Rourkela Steel Plant, livestock
development, water resource
development, improved
agriculture, tree-based farming
and women empowerment have
been undertaken in 16 villages,
around the Steel Plant, benefitting
more than 3000 families. The
programme facilitated
establishment of wadi (693
families), improved agricultural
production for over 2000 families,
poultry husbandry, livestock
development, drilling of group
borewells, soil and water
conservation, etc.. Various
activities related to community
health have also been
encouraging. ��Calf rally
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BAIF’s Multi-disciplinary Programme Coverage
State - Districts
Andhra Pradesh - Guntur, Mahabubnagar, � � �
Prakasam, Chittor, Anantapur, Ranga Reddy
Khammam, Karimnagar, Nalgonda, Warangal, West Godavari �
Bihar - Banka, Munger � �
Arra, Begusarai, Buxar, Chhapra, Gopalganj,Muzaffarpur, Lakhisarai, Patna, Samastipur, Siwan, Vaishali
Gujarat - Bharuch, Dahod, Surat � � � �
Bhavnagar, Dangs, Navsari, Valsad, Vadodara � � �
Ahmedabad, Junagadh, Rajkot � �
Kutchh � �
Amreli, Banaskantha, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Narmada, �
Patan, Porbandar
Jharkhand - Bokaro, Chatra, Dhanbad, Dumka, Garhwa, Giridih, � �
Godda, Gumla, Hazaribagh, Jamtara, Khunti, Koderma,Latehar, Lohardaga, Pakur, Palamu, Ramgarh, Ranchi,Sahebganj, Saraikela-Kharsawan, Simdega, Singhbhum East,Singhbhum West
Karnataka - Belgaum, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, � � � �
Hassan, Tumkur
Bellary, Chamarajnagar, Chitradurga, Gulbarga, � � �
Haveri, Kodagu, Mysore, Raichur, Uttar Kannada
Bagalkot, Bidar, Bijapur, Chickmagalur, Koppal, Mandya �
Madhya Pradesh - Dhar, Guna, Jhabua, Rajgarh, � � �
Barwani, Betul � � �
Balaghat, Bhopal, Dewas, Hoshangabad, Indore, �
Sehore, Sheopur, Vidisha
Shivpuri �
Maharashtra - Ahmednagar, Amravati, Chandrapur, Dhule, � � � �
Gadchiroli, Hingoli, Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Nashik, Pune, Yevatmal
Beed, Gondia, Nagpur Nanded,, Raigad, Thane, Usmanabad, � � �
Washim
Buldhana, Wardha, � �
Akola, Kolhapur, Satara, Sangli �
Orissa - Sundergadh � � �
Rajasthan - Ajmer, Baran � � � �
Banswara, Udaipur � � � �
Alwar, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bundi, Chittorgarh, �
Dausa, Dungarpur, Jaipur, Jhalawar, Karauli, Nagaur, �
Rajsamand, Sawaimadhavpur, Sirohi, Tonk
Uttarakhand - Almora, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Nainital, � �
Champavat, Dehra Dun, Uddham Singh Nagar, Haridwar, Pauri,Garhwal, Rudraprayag
Uttar Pradesh - Chitrakoot, Hamirpur � �
Rae Bareli, Sultanpur � �
Bahraich, Balrampur � �
Allahabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Auraiya, Azamgarh, Badaun, �
Bagpat, Balia, Barelly, Barabanki, Basti, Bhadoi, Chandauli,Deoria, Etah, Etawah, Faizabad, Farrukhabad, Fatehpur,Firozabad, Ghaziabad, Ghazipur, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Hardoi,Hathras, Jalaun, Jaunpur, Kanpur, Kanpur Dehat, Kanauj,Kushinagar, Lalitpur, Lucknow, Maharajganj, Mainpuri, Mau,Meerut, Mirzapur, Muzaffarnagar, Pilibhit, Pratapgarh,Rampur, Saharanpur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Shravasti,Siddharthnagar, Sitapur, Unao
West Bengal - Bankura, Burdwan �
DairyHusbandry
WatershedDevelopment
Agriculture/Wadi/
Agri-Business
WomenEmpowermentDevet. Finance
CommunityHealth
BAIF Central Research StationUrulikanchan, Pune 412 202,
Phone: 020-26926248 Fax: 26926347
E-mail: [email protected]
BAIF ESTABLISHMENTS
BAIF Development Research FoundationE-1, First Floor, DDA Market, MOR land,
New Rajendra Nagar, New Delhi 110 060
Phone: 011-28741031 / 28741032
Fax: 011-28741036 E-mail: [email protected]
ASSOCIATE ORGANISATIONS
Dr. Manibhai Desai Management Training Centre
(MDMTC)Dr. Manibhai Desai Nagar, Warje,
Pune 411 058, Maharashtra
Phone: 020-25231661 Fax: 91-20-25231662
E-mail: [email protected]
Maharashtra Institute of Technology Transfer for Rural
Areas (MITTRA)BAIF-MITTRA Bhavan, Opp. Nivas Homes, Behind Bodhale Nagar,
Nasik-Pune Road, Nasik 422 011, Maharashtra
Phone: 0253-2416057 / 2416058 / 2411745 Fax: 0253-2416056
E-mail: [email protected] www.mittra.org
Gujarat Rural Institute for Socio-Economic
Reconstruction, Vadodara (GRISERV)Indra Complex, Near Amarjyot Society, Manjalpur, Vadodara 390 004,
Gujarat Phone: 0265-2654897, Telefax: 0265-2651802
E-mail: [email protected] www.griserv.com
DhruvaVrindavan Campus, Village Lachhakadi, Tal. Vansda,
Dist. Navsari 396 580, Gujarat
Phone: 02630-244096, 244005 Fax: 02630-244005
E-mail: [email protected] www.dhruva.org.in
BAIF Institute for Rural Development - Karnataka
(BIRD-K)P.B. No. 3, `Kamadhenu', Sharada Nagar, Tiptur 572 202, Karnataka,
Phone: 08134-250658 / 250659 Fax: 08134-251337
E-mail: [email protected] www.birdk.org
BAIF Institute for Rural Development,
Andhra Pradesh (BIRD-AP)Door No. 9-6-173 Ground Floor, Durgabhavani Nagar Colony,
Road No. 2, Santoshnagar, Hyderabad 500 079
Telefax: 040-24533405/24331531
E-mail: [email protected] www.baifap.org
Rajasthan Rural Institute of Development
Management (RRIDMA)BAIF Bhavan, G Block, Near Community Hall, Hiran Magri,
Sector 14, Udaipur 313 002, Rajasthan
Telefax: 0294-2640133 / Phone: 6533707
E-mail: [email protected] www.rridma.org
Society for Promotion of Eco-friendly Sustainable
Development (SPESD)“Surabhi”, Lala Lajpat Rai Society, E-7/65 Arera Colony,
Bhopal 462 016, Madhya Pradesh
Phone: 0755-2461019 Fax: 0755-2428619
E-mail: [email protected]
BAIF Institute for Rural Development - Uttar
Pradesh (BIRD-UP)27 A Tagore Town, Allahabad 211 002, Uttar Pradesh
Phone: 0532-2466220 Fax: 0532-2465475
E-mail: [email protected] www.bird-up.org
BAIF Institute for Rural Development - UttarakhandSarvapriya Bihar, Near Ramdev Ashram, Kankhal,
Haridwar 249 408 Uttarakhand
Phone: 01334-324512 Fax: 01334-240576
E-mail: [email protected]
BAIF Institute for Rural Development - Bihar
(BIRD-Bihar)House No. 2, Road No. 8, East Patel Nagar, Patna 800 023, Bihar
Telefax: 0612-2292486
E-mail: [email protected]
BAIF Institute for Rural Vocations and Advancement
(BIRVA)Farmers' Training Centre Campus, (Near Sudha Dairy),
HEC Sector II: Dhurwa, Ranchi 834 004, Jharkhand
Phone: 0651-2444188 Fax: 0651-2444114
E-mail: [email protected] www.birva.org